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The ''[[Sutra]] That Admonishes One to Superior Intention'' says: | The ''[[Sutra]] That Admonishes One to Superior Intention'' says: | ||
[[Maitreya]], there are '''twenty defects of distraction'''. What are these twenty? Maitreya, they are: | [[Maitreya]], there are '''twenty defects of [[distraction]]'''. What are these twenty? Maitreya, they are: | ||
#not to have controlled your body, | #not to have controlled your body, | ||
#not to have controlled your speech, | #not to have controlled your speech, | ||
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#to fail to achieve [[shamatha]] and [[vipashyana]], | #to fail to achieve [[shamatha]] and [[vipashyana]], | ||
#to fail to quickly maintain pure conduct, | #to fail to quickly maintain pure conduct, | ||
#to completely stray away from rejoicing in the [[Buddha]] | #to completely stray away from rejoicing in the [[Buddha]], | ||
#to completely stray away from rejoicing in the Dharma, and | #to completely stray away from rejoicing in the Dharma, and | ||
#to completely stray away from rejoicing in the [[Sangha]]. | #to completely stray away from rejoicing in the [[Sangha]]. |
Latest revision as of 20:09, 8 January 2019
The Sutra That Admonishes One to Superior Intention says:
Maitreya, there are twenty defects of distraction. What are these twenty? Maitreya, they are:
- not to have controlled your body,
- not to have controlled your speech,
- not to have controlled your mind,
- to have great desire,
- to have great hatred,
- to have great dullness,
- to be tainted by mundane conversations,
- to have completely strayed away from supramundane conversation,
- to associate with people who do not respect the dharma,
- to have fully cast away the dharma,
- to consequently be harmed by the maras,
- to associate with people who are careless,
- to be careless oneself,
- to be dominated by conception and discernment,
- to completely stray away from great learning,
- to fail to achieve shamatha and vipashyana,
- to fail to quickly maintain pure conduct,
- to completely stray away from rejoicing in the Buddha,
- to completely stray away from rejoicing in the Dharma, and
- to completely stray away from rejoicing in the Sangha.
Maitreya, understand that these twenty defects are the defects of taking delight in distraction. A bodhisattva after having applied examination will take delight in solitude and never become completely disheartened.[1]
References
- ↑ Jokyab’s notes p.258, ‘The Light of Wisdom’ Volume 1. Root text by Padmasambhava and commentary by Jamgön Kongtrül the Great. Published by Shambhala Publications ISBN 0-87773-566-2