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Reflection of the Day
“I do not see any other form that so completely obsesses a man’s mind as the form of a woman.”
— AN 1.1·
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View all →Attending superficially causes the five hindrances to expand and attending radically leads to the awakening factors to reach fulfillment.
The Buddha explains how frequently paying attention to certain things can lead to the arising and expansion of hindrances and awakening factors.
Attending superficially causes the five hindrances to expand and the awakening factors to cease. Attending radically leads to the abandoning of the five hindrances and the awakening factors to reach fulfillment.
The Buddha teaches that accomplishment in radical attention naturally leads to the cultivation and frequent practice of the noble eightfold path, culminating in the dispelling of passion, aversion, and delusion.
Which things should a learned bhikkhu radically attend to? Venerable Sāriputta explains how a bhikkhu at each stage of awakening should radically attend to the five aggregates that are subject to clinging.
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