Guest guest Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 Friends: There are these three Mental Fermentations (Asavas): The Blessed Buddha once said: Bhikkhus, there are these three mental fermentations. What three? The mental Fermentation associated with sensuality.. The mental Fermentation associated with becoming.. The mental Fermentation associated with ignorance.. These are the three mental fermentations. The Noble 8-fold Way is to be developed for the direct experience of these three fermentations, for the full understanding of them, for their complete elimination, and for their final overcoming, abandoning and leaving all behind...… Comment: The mental fermentation (āsava) linked with sensuality is the false assumption, that sensing always brings pleasure, while actually sensing associated with pain and neutral feeling, is the most common! The mental fermentation associated with becoming is like wishing: May I become rich, famous, and praised, not noticing that any becoming inevitably is associated with death and thus suffering too! The mental Fermentation associated with ignorance is the misconceptions we make by approximation:Ex: We make the observation: The horizon is linear. Then we assume, project & simplify by conceptual generalization: 'The earth must be flat', which is a false mentally ‘brewed=fermented’ misconception… For quite a while many would chop off your head if you suggested anything else than that error… Source (edited extract):The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. Book [V:56] section 45: The Way. 163: The fermentations ... 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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