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Hey Nnonnth, don’t leave me here :))
We need some bridge builders in the house, just take a deep breath and come back
Non-action yields no karma.
A very old Flemish saying (my language):
Vaert well en levet scone!
‘Sail well and live in beauty’
What is your definition of karma?
Perhaps the differentiation is that once this happens, a person would still recognise the desire but not be driven by it? So the “desire nature” itself doesn’t necessarily fade away (to nothing) but it’s emphasis on a person’s life fades away?
Just wondering
Emelgee
I agree emelgee.
****still recognise the desire but not be driven by it? So the “desire nature” itself doesn’t necessarily fade away (to nothing) but it’s emphasis on a person’s life fades away? *********
the energy that was attatched or bound to that desire is now free(er) to be directed elsewhere. to me, essentially it’s all energy, but the direction and focus of that energy changes once the desire no longer is transmuted
salam (peace)
woops, i meant to say “once the desire has been transmuted”
………….yeah, proof reading would be a good idea…….
Hi Emelgee,
As Zhang, Sanfeng says, one extinguishes his heart of passions and desires. There is no desire for sex, for unhealthy foods, for money, etc. They become extinguished. Your heart becomes like a baby’s when born into the world. It just looks around not knowing anything.
Fajin
Hi Mat,
Yes, desires disintegrate there is more one-pointedness on the object. The Japanese call this concentration joriki. It becomes stronger as desire fades gradually.
Cause (yin) and effect (yang)
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