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Old 09-21-2011, 12:58 PM   #26
Navzrrqt

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And how, O monks, should the nutriment volitional thought be considered?

Suppose, O monks, there is a pit of glowing embers, filled to cover a man's height, with embers glowing without flames and smoke. Now a man comes that way, who loves life and does not wish to die, who wishes for happiness and detests suffering. Then two strong men would seize both his arms and drag him to the pit of glowing embers. Then, O monks, far away from it would recoil that man's will, far away from it his longing, far away his inclination. And why? Because the man knows: 'If I fall into that pit of glowing embers, I shall meet death or deadly pain.'

In that manner, I say, O monks, should the nutriment volitional thought be considered. If the nutriment volitional thought is comprehended, the three kinds of craving are thereby comprehended. And if the three kinds of craving are comprehended, there is, I say, no further work left to do for the noble disciple.

Puttamansa Sutta: A Son's Flesh about Nutriment #3, my interpretation is the two strong men are good intention (karma) and bad intention (karma)

as the proverb goes: "The road to hell is paved with good intentions". both good and bad intentions can result in suffering

for example, with good intention, one starts a chatsite such as BWB and it often creates more dukkha than nirvana

so the work to be done is to practise Right Intention or the supramundane Karma That Ends Karma

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