TikkhapaññāWe human beings are like trees. If a tree has an abundance of flowers and fruits, thick branches and leaves, and a firmly rooted trunk ...
Richard / PitarraWhere am I in relation to this?
The line about seclusion immediately becomes personal because I actually live in seclusion. Not as a monastic ideal, but as the practical reality of a life shaped by ME/CFS.
What am I doing in seclusion?
Studying the Dharma.
Reflecting.
Inquiring.
Cooking oatmeal.
Watching the day unfold.
The Buddha himself appreciated beautiful groves, cool shade, good friends, and a well-prepared meal.
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Thig 3.7 Selātherīgāthā: Selā
“What you call sensual delight is now no delight for me.…”
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In this world, good it is to serve one's mother,
good it is to serve one's father,
good it is to serve the monks, and
good it is to serve the holy men.
~Dhammapada 332
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Snp 4.1 Kāmasutta: Sensual Pleasures
“If a mortal desires sensual pleasure and their desire succeeds, they definitely become elated, having got what they want.…”
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“True happiness” can still become something the mind craves.
But learning to know feelings and emotions as they arise — as felt sense, without immediately adding the second arrow — feels closer to freedom.
In the Gaṅgā Sutta, the Buddha explains that in undergoing transmigration, sentient beings are reborn ...
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Thag 16.4 Raṭṭhapāla
“Sensual pleasures—variegated, enticing, sweet—in various ways disturb the mind.…”
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Meditation is a skilful letting go; deliberately emptying out the mind so we can see its purity, cleaning the mind out so we can put the right things in. You respect your mind, so you become more careful about what you put in it.
~Ajahn Sumedho
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MN 75 From… Māgaṇḍiyasutta: With Māgaṇḍiya
“In the same way, sensual pleasures of the past, future, and present are painful to touch, fiercely burning and scorching.…”
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