Guest guest Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 Friends: What is Feeding the Joy Link to Awakening! The Blessed Buddha once said:Bhikkhus, just as this body, is sustained by feeding, exists in dependence on feedingand cannot survive without food, exactly & even so are the Seven Links to Awakeningalso sustained by feeding, they can also only exist in dependence on feeding and theycannot survive without feeding... And what, bhikkhus, is the feeding of the emergenceof any yet unarisen Joy Link to Awakening and also feeding of the very completion byadvance of any already arisen Joy Link to Awakening? There are states that are the originator, maker, producer, root, basis & source for the Joy Link to Awakening!!Frequently giving careful and rational attention to them, is feeding the arising of anyunarisen Joy Link to Awakening and also feeding of the gradual fulfilment of anyalready arisen Joy Link to Awakening... And what, Bhikkhus, is the starving thatobstructs the emergence of any yet unarisen Joy Link to Awakening and which alsohinders any already arisen Joy Link from reaching sweet fulfilment by development? There are states that are the basis & source for the Joy Link to Awakening!!Not giving frequent, careful and rational attention to them; not considering them much and often; is the starving that prevents any unarisen Joy Link to Awakening fromarising and also blocks any already arisen Joy Link to Awakening from reaching anycomplete fulfilment by mental training and progressive development by meditation... Comments from the classical commentaries:Elated and ecstatic exultation is the characteristic of the Joy Link to Awakening(Pīti-sambojjhanga). Motivated intentness upon is the purpose of the quality of Joy.Satisfaction lifting any depression is the manifestation of the Joy Link to Awakening.Thinking of Joy makes this state return! This can be utilized by training it! Try now!This reinforcement - in itself - has the capacity to gradually elevate and induce Joy!Therefore is the state of gladness & joy itself mainspring, basis & source of more Joy…It is the deliberate directing attention to this, again & again, that can produce Joy!!! Further conditions helpful for the emergence of the Joy Link to Awakening are: 1: Recollection of the supreme & sublime uniqueness of the Buddha...2: Recollection of the supreme & sublime uniqueness of the Dhamma...3: Recollection of the supreme & sublime uniqueness of the Sangha...4: Recollection of the supreme & sublime efficacy of pure Morality...5: Recollection of the supreme & sublime efficacy of prior Generosity…6: Recollection of the qualities that gave the devas their divinity...7: Remembering the stilled silent state of blissful Peace...8: Avoidance of primitive, violent, angry, rough, and coarse people.9: Friendship with refined & kind people, who often smile in silent ease.10: Reviewing by reading many inspiring dhamma discourses like this one.11: Commitment & resolute determination to elevate the mind by Joy... There is Joy associated with thinking and there is Joy separated from thinking! Both leads to enraptured advance towards many advantageous states. Awakening is a flood of Bliss! The lower Joys of the Flesch (sāmisa):http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Joys_of_the_Flesch_and_Beyond.htmThe higher Joys that are not of, but quite beyond this world (nirāmisa):http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Joys_Beyond_This_World.htm Sources (edited extracts): The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.Book [V: 65-6+102-8] 46: Links. 2+51: Group & Nutriments.... 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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