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Re: Any progress?
(Quote) There is a framework in which this is coherent: bringing about the end of suffering. It's basically a form of internal right speech, and right resolve, i.e., that you will only entertain idea… (View Post)
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Re: Bhikkhu Samahita Dhamma Posts
I've found that practice very helpful for mitgating what amounts to a bad attitude. It's like propaganda against ill-will and in favor of metta/breath meditation. Metta and tonglen by themselves have… (View Post)
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Re: Bhikkhu Samahita Dhamma Posts
I find it useful to take the simile in that sutta as a practice. That is, when I see that anger has arisen, I perceive it as an affliction, and when I return attention to the breath and good will, I … (View Post)1 -
Re: Bhikkhu Samahita Dhamma Posts
(Quote) I would say hostility/aversion is a bigger hindrance than doubt for many people, particularly those with a clear idea of how they want to practice and what they want to get out of it. (View Post)1 -
Re: Bhikkhu Samahita Dhamma Posts
(Quote) These aren't monolithic entities. In practice, while you're establishing Right Concentration, a doubt defilement comes up, you deal with that, a hostility defilement comes up, you deal with t… (View Post)
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