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**genna** · 01-09-2012, 09:42 PM

Monks, when hard and soft eatables are thoroughly known, the greed for the five strands of sense desires are thoroughly known When greed, for the five strands of sense desires are thoroughly known, the noble disciple has no bonds to return to this world again.

Hi upekka,
Perhaps when the greed which underpins desire is known, then this applies. Anorexics reject food but don't get liberated. Even Buddha didn't when he tried to starve himself.

Consuming food of itself is not the sustaining cause of wandering in samsara.

01-09-2012, 09:42 PM	#38
genna Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 432 Senior Member	Monks, when hard and soft eatables are thoroughly known, the greed for the five strands of sense desires are thoroughly known When greed, for the five strands of sense desires are thoroughly known, the noble disciple has no bonds to return to this world again. Hi upekka, Perhaps when the greed which underpins desire is known, then this applies. Anorexics reject food but don't get liberated. Even Buddha didn't when he tried to starve himself. Consuming food of itself is not the sustaining cause of wandering in samsara.
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