Guest guest Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 Friends: Detached from Feeling one gains Immunity towards Suffering! The Blessed Buddha once said to some sick bhikkhus: If one keen on mental training feels a pleasant feeling, then he understands: 'As this pleasure is impermanent, it is neither to be clung to, nor indulged in...' If he feels a painful feeling, he also understands and observes:'As this pain is transient, it is neither to be clung to, nor engaged in...'If he feels a neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling, he similarly notes:'As this neutral feeling is passing, it is neither to be clung to, nor delighted in...'When he feels a pleasant feeling, he feels it as if detached from it! When he feels a painful feeling, he feels it as if detached from it!When he feels a neutral feeling, he feels it as if detached from it!When he feels a feeling terminating with the body, he understands: 'I feel a feeling terminating with the body...' (all bodily feeling!)When he feels a feeling terminating with life, he understands: 'I feel a feeling terminating with life...' (all mental feeling!)He understands: With the breakup of this body, at the exhaustion of this life, any feeling, neither being delighted in, nor clung to, will cool down right there... Just as, bhikkhus, an oil lamp burns depending on the oil and the wick, & with the exhaustion of the oil and the wick, the flame is extinguished through lack of fuel, similarly here, bhikkhus, when a bhikkhu feels a feeling terminating with the body... terminating with life... He understands: With the breakup of this body, at the veryexhaustion of this life, all that is felt, not being indulged in, will vanish right here... Source (edited extract):The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. Book IV [211-3]section 36: Feeling. Vedanā. The Sick-Ward. 7.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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