Desire as Way to Suprahuman Force:
The Blessed Buddha once said:
When a Bhikkhu develops the
Ways to Force
that is enriched with
concentrated desire,
constructed
by effort, by thinking:
In this way will my
desire,
neither be too slack nor too tense, it will
neither be constricted internally nor scattered externally, then he
dwells experiencing both what is in front & what is behind, so above,
so also below, so by day, so also at night! Therefore, with a mind all
open & unrestricted, he develops the dazzling bright mind, which is
pervaded by
luminosity... However:
What is a desire that is too slack? It is desire joined with dullness.
This is called desire that is too slack...
What is a desire that is too tense? It is restless & agitated desire.
This is called desire that is too tense...
What is a desire that is constricted internally? It is a desire joined
with lethargy & laziness. This is desire that is constricted internally.
What is a desire that is scattered externally? It is desire that is all
distracted & diverted externally urging for the 5 sense pleasures...
This is called a desire that is scattered & distracted externally...
How does one dwell experiencing both the front & what is behind?
The perception of front, back, is well attended to, & thereby well
comprehended, well considered, & penetrated by understanding...
How does one dwell seeing as below, so above; as above, so below?
One reviews this very frame of body upwards from the soles of the
feet, & downwards from the tips of the hairs, enclosed in skin, as
full of many kinds of impurities: There are in this body head-hairs,
body-hairs, nails, teeth, skin, flesh, sinews, bones, bone-marrow,
kidneys, heart, liver, pleura, spleen,
lungs, intestines, mesentery,
vomit in the stomach, excrement, bile, lymph, pus, blood, sweat, fat,
tears, mucus, saliva, snot, fluid of the joints, and urine...
How does one dwell as by day, so at night; as at night, so by day?
Here, at night a Bhikkhu trains the
Ways to Force
that is enriched
with
concentrated desire,
constructed
by effort using the same
techniques, qualities, features, & aspects, as he trains during a day.
And how, does one dwell with a mind that is all open & unrestricted,
a dazzling bright mind, which is pervaded by
luminosity...?
Here, friends, the perception of day-light is well attended and well
resolved upon by determination. It is in exactly this way that one
dwell with a mind that is all open & unrestricted, a dazzling bright
mind, which is pervaded by its own
luminosity...
Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha.
Samyutta Nikāya. [V:278]
section 51: The 4 Forces: Thread 20: Analysis of the Ways.
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http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Desireless_is_Deathless.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Two_kinds_of_Desire.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Colourful_but_Muddy.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/b_f/chanda.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_Charcoal_Pit.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Desire_&_Lust.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Just_a_Flash.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Why_Not.htm
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http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Suprahuman_Force_II.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Suprahuman_Force_III.htm
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