PHIL-201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3, 5, 8: Impermanence, Thematic Relation, Upanishads
14 Dec 2017
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Again the role of the mind will be important; an important capacity for experiencing as well as alleviation of suffering. One can attend to the desire with detached observance (and naming to thera); state is less likely to remain if the state is unjustified. The mind when watched brings happiness, tameness, tranquility. Like a fish thrown on dry ground: the mind thrashes trying to escape mara"s (personified temptation) command. The mind becomes harder to control when ruled by temptation. The heart isn"t afflicted when he has abandoned both merit and demerit (belief in karma"s immediate effects). The still mind is even through praise and blame, merit and demerit, good and bad experiences. The wise person does not attach self to these notions either. The body as a clay pot: easily broken, fragile, weak, impermanent, will always be subject to desires (ex basic needs for food, water). The fortress is a steadied mind: strong, can understand desires, not easily perturbed.
