Wrongly perceiving mind-matter as beings, seeing them as princes and princesses, as humans, devas, or brahmas - isn't this unwise attention?
For one who sees mind-matter as it is, isn't this taught as right attention? #Isn't_this_wisdom? Think about it.
When seeing mind-matter, do you still find beings? Do you still find insults? If not found, can anger arise? When turning to the aggregates, aren't you increasingly freed? #This_is_temporary_cessation.
Material form, like sound, doesn't it cease after being heard? Doesn't the knowing mind also cease? Do you find mind-matter or impermanence? Isn't this taught as 'characteristic of impermanence, truth of suffering'?
Therefore, #non-existence_is_impermanence_knowing_is_path. Likes and dislikes arise from wrong attention.
With ignorance conditioning wrong attention, doesn't it end in aging-death? But with right attention: 'With the complete fading away of ignorance, formations cease.'
When ignorance ceases, do formations come? Past formations, present kamma - think about it. When ignorance ceases, do craving and clinging still come? Don't the defilements cycle cease? When defilements cease, doesn't the kamma cycle cease?
Will there be future aggregates? #Isn't_this_non-birth? Without aggregates, isn't there peace? Without defilements, isn't there coolness? #There_is_only_the_nature_of_peace_and_coolness.
We need precise understanding in seeing and hearing. Hearing 'insult' is wrong attention. Hearing 'sound' is right attention.
Take a couple who married due to past connections. After several years and children, they face difficulties and fight. They separate. After some months, others help reconcile them. They ask: 'How many times have you separated?' 'Four times, but now we're stable.'
'When eating, don't you accidentally bite your tongue? Why did you bite it?' 'It was accidental.' 'This too was accidental, be patient.'
With understanding from both sides, don't they reunite? If there was real hatred, could they unite? If there was real love, would they fight?
Search the woman - no inherent lovability. Search the man - no inherent lovability. #It's_wrong_attention_of_our_mind. Consider - free from love and hate.
This is #its_natural_characteristic. Sound too is natural, free from good and bad. Finding a sound harsh or pleasant happens in one's mind. #In_the_sound_itself_isn't_it_free_from_good_and_bad..."
Sadhu! Together let us keep the Dharma wheel rolling.
