RIGHT VIEW
Understanding the Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering
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What is the cessation of
suffering? It is the remainderless fading away and ceasing, the giving
up, relinquishing, letting go, and rejecting of craving. (MN 9)
When one knows and sees perception as it actually is, then one is not
attached to perception. When one abides unattached, one is not
infatuated, and one’s craving is abandoned. One’s bodily and mental
troubles are abandoned, and one experiences bodily and mental
well-being. (MN 149)
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Last week the
emphasis was on how not knowing and seeing perception accurately can
lead to attachment and the difficulties that it brings. Here the focus
instead is on the benefits of understanding perception appropriately.
Perception, the mental function of interpreting sensory data, is a
natural and useful thing for the mind to do. In fact, it is a great ally
helping us bring insight and understanding to the world of our
experience.
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Practice making
the step from mindfulness to insight. That is, when you are mindful of
the sensations of the breath, for example, go on to notice that they are
constantly changing and that it is the characteristic of all sensations
to be impermanent and in flux. When observing the thoughts flowing
through the mind, recognize they do not belong to anybody, but are
interdependently arisen. This is perception facilitating right view.
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Tomorrow: Cultivating Appreciative Joy
One week from today: Understanding the Noble Truth of the Way to the Cessation of Suffering
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