The causes of delusions

Plus de détails

NOUN

par Арай Абылхасим

4) The Right Application

par Arpit Banjara

Differences

par Nayeli Lama

Eastern Approaches to a Unified Reality

par Alana Graham

The causes of delusions

bad habits

bad physical and verbal habits

main cause of strong delusions arising

makes delusions stronger

distraction and being influenced by others

also misguided advice or teaching

will give rise to delusions therefore rely upon authentic teachings

causing

causing conflicting views by advocating deluded behavior as healthy mental life

abandon D

negative thoughts, loss of faith

story about two friends reversd fortunes

we imitate our associates

pure friends will have opposite influence.

will leave impressions on our mind

we follow these examples

close friendships with people

give up D practice

perform non=-virtuous actions

who disagree with Dharma

familiarity

delusion arise naturally becasue familiarity with them

reverse this by gaining familiarity with virtue

finally easier to develop virtuous minds then delusions

fewer devlusions develop

Inappropriate attention

Even if mind meets object of delus

it arise only if we allow IA

different levels

gross

exaggerate attractive unattractive -> develop attachment or anger. overcome by mindfulness, alertness , consceintiousness

subtle

grasping mind apprehending objecet as in exi -> overcome only by direct realization of emptiness

Dwelling and exaggerating contaminated object's apparent qualities

The object

this is avoidance , will work to an extent but not altogether

we accustomed to finding objects of delusions

practice restraining the doors of the SP

shall able to prevent delusions whereve we are

live in a cave

still have memories

birdsong

weather

parts

without attractive or disgreable object delusions will not arise

solitude is one way to reduce the number of object we encounter

praised by thogme zangpo and shantideva

fewer object encounter-> delusions fewer

The seed

imprints

principal object to be abandoned - obstructions to

omniscience

mahayanists

liberation

seeds

hinayanists

remove -> mahayana path of meditation

obstruction to omniscience

cause ph to appear in. exi -> preventing

omniscience -> seeng all ph directly and simultaneously

realizing 2T simultaneously

Distinguish

because foe destroyers have imprints, phenomena still appears in.ex. even though they do not grasp at inherne existence

like a conjourer not taken by their illusion

imprints of delusions

after seeds eradicated, imprints remain => smell of garlic

not cause of but effect of

seeds of delusions

substantial cause of -> obstraction for liberation

Foe destroyers

will not develop delusion even if meeting other causes

eradicated enemies by eradicating the seeds of delus

potentiality of delusion to arise

until final abandonment

Subtopic

substantial cause-can produce delusions only when meeting other conditions

e.g anger -> we have the seed but need disagreable object and IA to come together

seed remains even if delusion not manifest

eradicated only by wisdom rewalizng emptiness

all LB have in their minds

subtantial cause