When there is Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right
Concentration, then one is fearless. There is fearlessness because
there is nothing to be frightened of. One has the courage to look at
things and not take them in the wrong way; one has the wisdom to
contemplate and reflect upon life; one has the security and
confidence of sila, the strength of one's moral commitment and the
determination to do good and refrain from doing evil with body and
speech. In this way, the whole thing holds together as a path for
development. It is a perfect path because everything is helping and
supporting; the body, the emotional nature (the sensitivity of
feeling), and the intelligence. They are all in perfect harmony,
supporting each other.
Mental development,,,the three steps working together........in harmony.
ReplyDeleteI love Buddhism .....for the fact that only one goal is not attainable!!!! One must place a fearless effort on the Noble Eightfold Path....not only on the mental...but on the ethical and in the wisdom of the teachings. Oh my gosh........so much work to do!!
I have been really trying to absorb the 'attachment' teachings from the Buddha I am on day 5 off attachment....Not all is lost....I totally understand how we bring on our own suffering.... it is the cutting of the chords....the letting go~ that I struggle with. I know that when this is all said and done....I will be like the lotus flower. I will have emerged from the the mud, the muck, the darkness......I will bring my life back into balance ...into harmony. It will beauiful.
Love & peace to you Thunder~
D.