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
phenomenon
with the mind, one becomes neither obsessed by whatever agreeable mental
phenomenon, nor rebuffed by any disagreeable mental phenomenon...
Thus does one live, while having established
Awareness of the body, with a mentality
of an
unlimited & infinite mind...
Therefore does such one understand through direct
experience that release of mind,
that mental release through understanding, wherein
those evil disadvantageous mental states irreversibly
cease
without remaining trace...
It is in exactly this way, that there is
full control!
Comments:
The unlimited &
infinite mind
is a mind made limitless by the praxis of the 4 sublime
or divine dwellings (brahma-vihāra), also called the 4
illimitable
states (appamaññā),
which are:
Universal
Friendliness (Mettā),
Universal Pity (Karunā),
Universal Sympathy (Muditā), and
Universal Equanimity (Upekkhā).
Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book IV [189-]
35: 6 Senses. Salayatana.
States that entail Suffering.
Dukkha-Dhammā
244.
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