Friends:
Instant dispelling
of bad thoughts evaporates all Evil States!!!
The Blessed Buddha once said:
When, bhikkhus and friends, while one is trying to behave good & cleaver,
if occasionally due to a lapse of awareness, a momentary neglect occurs &
evil detrimental memories and bad intentions connected with mental chains
arise in one, slow might be the rearising of one's awareness, but one should
ultra-quickly leave these thoughts, dispel the obsessions, end these
impulses,
thereby eradicating any phobia and mania. Imagine a man who let a tiny drop
of water fall onto an iron plate heated for a whole day on the stove... Slow
might be his letting go of the water drop, but then it would quickly
vaporize
and vanish. So too, while one is neglecting acute
Awareness & the mind
strays
back into the mental blocks of evil detrimental memories & bad intentions,
slow
might be the rearising of one's awareness, yet then one should instantly
leave
these thoughts, dispel these obsessions, end these impulses, thereby
eradicating
any disadvantageous and afflicting phobia and mania. It is in exactly this
way
that a bhikkhu has comprehended an ideal mode of behaviour & habit of
living
that prevents any evil detrimental mental state of avariciousness, lust,
greed,
envy, jealousy & discontent in flowing in upon, enveloping & dominating him...
Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book IV [190-] Section
35:
The 6 Senses. Salayatana.
Thread:
States that entail Suffering. Dukkha-Dhammā 244.
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Updated:
28 Feb 2008
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