Not in control ... !!!

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Non-Control makes any Individual act like a Monkey Robot!!!

 

How, bhikkhus and friends, is there non-control? When seeing a form with the eye, one becomes attracted by a pleasing form,while repelled by a displeasing form. Having heard a sound with the ear, one becomes attracted by a charming sound, while repulsed by a horrid sound.Having sniffed a smell with the nose, one becomes attracted by a lovely smell, while repelled by a detestable smell. Having tasted a flavour with the tongue, one becomes attracted by a likeable taste, while repelled by a unlikable taste.Having felt a touch with the body, one becomes attracted by the pleasant touch, while repelled by any unpleasant touch. Having experienced a mental phenomenon with the mind, one becomes attracted by the agreeable mental phenomenon, whilerepelled by any disagreeable mental phenomenon. Therefore does such one live without having established awareness of the body, with a limited & finite mind... Therefore does such one neither understand nor experience that release of mind, that mental release through understanding, wherein those evil detrimental states cease without remaining trace. It is in exactly this way, that there is non-control!

Comments:The limited & finite mind is a mind not made infinite by the praxis of the 4 sublime or 'divine abodes' (brahma-vihāra), also called the 4 infinite states (appamaññā), which are:

 

 

 

Universal Friendliness (Mettā), Universal Pity (Karunā), Universal Sympathy (Muditā), and Universal Equanimity (Upekkhā).

 

Source (edited extract):The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. Book IV [189-] 35: The 6 Senses. Salayatana. States that entail Suffering. Dukkha-Dhammā 244. http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html

 

 

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