Guest guest Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 Friends: Control makes any Individual Behave like an excellent Master !!! How, bhikkhus and friends, is there full mental control? When seeing a form with the eye, one becomes neither attracted by any pleasing form, nor repelled by any displeasing form. When having heard a sound with the ear, one becomes neither entranced by any charming sound, nor opposed by any horrid sound. Having sniffed a smell with the nose, one becomes neither fascinated by any lovely smell, nor held off by any detestable smell. Having tasted a flavour with the tongue, one becomes neither captivated by any likeable taste, nor rejected by unlikable taste. When having felt a touch with the body, one becomes neither allured by any pleasant touch, nor repulsed by any unpleasant touch. When having experienced whatever mental phenomenon with the mind, one becomes neither obsessed by whatever agreeable mental phenomenon, nor rebuffed by whatever disagreeable mental phenomenon...Thus does one live, while having established awareness of the body, with a mentalityof an unlimited & infinite mind... Therefore does such one understand through direct experience that release of mind, that mental release through understanding, wherein those evil disadvantageous mental states irreversibly cease without remaining trace...It is in exactly this way, that there is full control! Comments:The unlimited & infinite mind is a mind made limitless by the praxis of the 4 sublime or divine dwellings (brahma-vihāra), also called the 4 illimitable 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: 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 PS: Please include the word Samahita in any comment, since then will my automatic mail filters pick it up and I will see it & respond!! Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka. Friendship is the Greatest ... Let there be Calm & Free Bliss !!! http://What-Buddha-Said.net Buddha-Direct What_Buddha_Said Dhamma-Questions sent to my email are quite Welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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