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  2. Arising & Passing Away
     … It’s actually a form of concentration, watching the arising and passing away. There are stages of concentration—Ajaan Lee mentions them—in which you’re not with a solid or single object but there is a sense of singleness in the mind because the mind is taking the arising and passing away as its theme of concentration. But ultimately, the insight into arising … 
  3. Developing Discernment
     … the fact that someone through his own efforts was able to find true happiness, and was able to do that not because he was a special divine being, but because he developed qualities of mind that all of us have in potential form. As he once said, insight and light arise in one who is ardent, resolute, and heedful. So it wasn’t because … 
  4. The Buddha’s Wisdom
     … the pleasures of form—the body as felt from within—rather than the pleasures of sensuality. That way, you can begin to question your old ways of feeding—your old ways of suffering. You actually see the equation that the Buddha made: Feeding is suffering. The concentration also allows you to get into a position where you can apply what the Buddha would often … 
  5. Wisdom for Dummies
     … The distinction between skillful and unskillful forms the basis for the four noble truths. When you dig deep down into why people suffer, you find that it’s because of craving. How can people stop suffering? By developing the path, which is primarily composed of good qualities of mind. So you realize the mind has to be trained. That’s another basic principle of … 
  6. Recollecting the Devas
     … If the being appears powerful or angry, first fill your body with good breath energy and full awareness, as a form of protection, and then spread goodwill as an expression of harmlessness. Another aspect of recollection of the devas is one that the Buddha recommends for people observing the uposatha precepts. He said that this uposatha we practice—the eight precepts that lay people … 
  7. Anger
     … It opens up more possibilities to your imagination so that your old habits don’t form ruts that you can never get out of. You think of new ways of responding, unexpected ways of responding. This is where insight really opens up new possibilities in your life, where it shows its true worth. The ability to see the movements of the mind minutely is … 
  8. Skillful Effort
     … So as you’re working with the breath, you’ve got all those forms of fabrication working together. You’ve got the breath, you’ve got directed thought, evaluation, perception, and feeling. As you develop your concentration based on the breath, you’re working on developing the skills you need to learn how to use these things in a knowledgeable and helpful way rather … 
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