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Old 06-20-2012, 06:24 PM   #6
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You are right "freedom" is a good word for it!
I have started to consider the words of Buddha when he spoke to his son about actions. Because when it comes to food I love eating (sensual pleasure). I could quite easily eat a bar of chocolate sat at the PC, but I have started to ask myself if the action would lead to my affliction. In the case of eating a whole bar of chocolate I know it would lead to my affliction so this sutta helps to stop me. I share it for interest:

"What do you think, Rahula: What is a mirror for?"

"For reflection, sir."

"In the same way, Rahula, bodily actions, verbal actions, & mental actions are to be done with repeated reflection.

"Whenever you want to do a bodily action, you should reflect on it: 'This bodily action I want to do — would it lead to self-affliction, to the affliction of others, or to both? Would it be an unskillful bodily action, with painful consequences, painful results?' If, on reflection, you know that it would lead to self-affliction, to the affliction of others, or to both; it would be an unskillful bodily action with painful consequences, painful results, then any bodily action of that sort is absolutely unfit for you to do. But if on reflection you know that it would not cause affliction... it would be a skillful bodily action with pleasant consequences, pleasant results, then any bodily action of that sort is fit for you to do. URL http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipit....061.than.html

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