Friends:
Control makes
any Individual Behave like an excellent Master!!!
Buddha once asked: How,
Bhikkhus and friends, is there full mental control?
When seeing a form with the eye, one becomes neither attracted by any pleasing form,
nor repelled by any displeasing form! When having heard a sound with the ear, one
becomes neither entranced by any charming sound, nor opposed by any horrid
sound!
Having sniffed a smell with the nose, one becomes neither fascinated by any lovely
smell,
nor held off by any detestable smell! Having tasted a flavour with the tongue,
one becomes
neither captivated by any likeable taste, nor rejected by unlikable taste!
When having felt
a touch with the body, one becomes neither allured by any pleasant
touch, nor repelled by
any unpleasant touch! When having experienced
whatever mental state
with the mind,
one becomes neither obsessed by any agreeable mental
phenomenon, nor rebuffed by
any disagreeable mental phenomenon whatsoever...
Thus does one live on, while having established
Awareness of the
Body, yet abiding within
an unlimited & infinite mind...
Thus does a focused one come to understand, through direct
experience, that release of mind, that mental release through understanding,
wherein all
those evil disadvantageous mental states irreversibly
cease
without any remaining trace...
It is in exactly this way, that there is
full mental control!
Comments:
The
infinite mind, counteracting hate &
anger,
is a mind made limitless by the praxis of the
4 sublime & divine dwellings (brahma-vihāra), also called the 4
infinite
states (appamaññā),
which are:
Infinite
Friendliness (Mettā),
Endless Pity (Karunā),
Mutual Sympathy & Joy (Muditā), and
Imperturbable
Equanimity
(Upekkhā).
For
Awareness of the
Body, which counteracts greed, lust & desire; see:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Awareness_Sati.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Meditation_On_the_Body_Kayagata-Sati.htm
Having counteracted both greed & lust, which
pulls in the mind attracting it to objects,
and having counteracted both hate & anger, which push mind repulsing
it from objects,
mind may stay stilled and ballanced in the middle, untouched and in
control...
Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha.
Samyutta Nikāya.
Book IV [189-]
35: 6 Senses. Salayatana. States that entail Suffering.
Dukkha-Dhammā 244.
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html
Complete Mental Control:
Neither Attracted nor Repelled!
Updated:
22 Nov 2009
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/In_Control.htm