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A place to record observations, reflections, challenges, and hopefully a glimmer of insight now and then.
All states of being are determined by mind. It is mind that leads the way. *
A place to record observations, reflections, challenges, and hopefully a glimmer of insight now and then.
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“The ways of this world are merely conventions of our own making.
Having established them we get lost in them and refuse to let go – clinging to our personal views and opinions.
This is samsara, endlessly flowing on without completion.
But if we truly know conventional reality, we will also know liberation.
Here we find completion.”
Venerable Ajahn Chah
* from "A Dhammapada for Contemplation", a rendering by Ajahn Munindo.
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4 comments:
Welcoming Mara is the wise thing to do, Kris, don't you think?
Resisting Mara's advances is better than indulging in them, but to simply sit back and watch Mara will find him out - as with all conditioned things, he will cease his efforts to lead you away from the Dhamma eventually.
In the meantime, observing Mara's movements and the mind states relating to him can be of deep, deep reflective value. Having a comfortable, easy retreat isn't really what it's about, is it? Whatever arises is right, right now. Being awake to the way things are, whether good, bad, or indifferent, is the gateway to liberation.
I don't usually think about delusion and other negative states in terms of 'Mara', Kris, but you got me thinking there!
Be well,
G, at Forest Wisdom.
Hi Gary,
Oh, if this was comfortable and easy I'd be very suspicious that I was even more deluded than normal! Ha! Actually this experience feels more like Dhamma boot camp than whatever my notions of a retreat might be. I'm not used to having other "retreatants" around. Very helpful...and challenging.
"Mara" helps me to not over analyze. It is what it is right now, no more no less.
Kris
Hi Kris
I just discovered your blog. Your posts amazing! Thank you. keep posting. I have added it to my blog.
http://wisdomthroughmindfulness.blogspot.com/
Piyal
Hi Dr. Walpola,
Thanks so much for visiting, and for the encouragement. I've cut my online time to a minimum for November, but I did check out your blog. It obviously deserves more time and attention, so I look forward to exploring more thoroughly in December.
Kris
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