Guest guest Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 Friends: What are the Causes of Lack of Vision & Wisdom? A prince named fearless once asked the Blessed Buddha:Venerable Sir, what is the conditioning cause for lack of vision and wisdom?Prince, when mind is obsessed, overwhelmed, & dominated by sense-desire, orwhen mind is beset by evil-will, plagued, enraged & conquered by evil-will, orwhen mind is retarded, dimmed, detained & diluted by lethargy and laziness, orwhen mind is agitated, stressed, troubled & tyrannized by restlessness & regret orwhen mind is perplexed, confused, bewildered, wavering & wobbling by doubt & uncertainty, and one does not understand any safe escape from any of these arisen mental hindrances, in that very moment, one can neither see nor understand anything of what is advantageous, neither for oneself, nor for others, nor for both oneself & others!These mental hindrances are therefore the conditioning causes for lack of vision and wisdom! It is in exactly this very way, that ignorance arises from a cause, and not without a cause... What is this Dhamma explanation called, Sir? These are called the mental hindrances, prince.Surely and unquestionably they are mental hindrances. Blessed One! Anyone overcome by even a single mental hindrance would not know and see things as they really are, not to speak of one overcome by all these five mental hindrances... Source (edited extract): The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. Book [V:127] section 46: The Links. 56: To Abhaya... 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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