Giving
up everything, one is Calmed!
The Blessed
Buddha
once summarized his own mental development like this:
Fear comes from embracing violence. Looking at people quarrelling I became
agitated. Seeing people floundering, like fish floundering, when hauled out
of
water, seeing them opposing others, made fear and consternation arise in
me!
The world was without safety anywhere, in all quarters conflict tossed
about.
Yet I wanted to find a safe peaceful dwelling-place for myself, I could
not...
Dissatisfied, seeing opposition itself, I realized that the barb is here
within,
hard to see, not out there in the world, but in here nestling deep in the
mind.
Injured by this barb, one runs in all directions. Having pulled that barb
out,
one neither runs, nor stands still... That relief requires purifying
training:
One should be truthful, and neither mischievous, nor deceiving, rid of
gossip!
One should overcome lethargy and laziness, be fully aware, and not
negligent.
One should not bestow affection upon any external form, and give up all pride
over any internal form. Neither longing back for the past, nor liking any
new,
one will not grieve, when something is vanishing. One should give up
whatever
fascination attaching to any given object. Greed is like a great flood.
Desire is
like the current. Sense objects are like the shifting tides. Sense pleasure
is
like vast stretches of deep entrapping mud, which is very hard to cross
over..
Not deviating from the Dhamma, crossing by that truth, the sage, a recluse,
comes to stand safe on high ground. Having given up everything, he is
calmed!
Sutta-Nipāta 935-946
Edited excerpt.
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