Curing Restlessness and Regret ... !!!
Bhikkhu Samahita
Friends:
How to cure the agitated & worried Restlessness-&-Regret!
Noticing Restlessness-&-Regret (uddhacca-kukkucca)
arise can make it fade
away:
Herein, Bhikkhus, when
Restlessness-&-Regret is present in him,
the bhikkhu notes & understands:
There is Restlessness-&-Regret in me, & when Restlessness-&-Regret is absent, he notes &
understands:
No Restlessness-&-Regret
is in me. He also understands how unarisen Restlessness-&-Regret arises.
He understands
how to leave behind any arisen Restlessness-&-Regret, and he understands how
left
Restlessness-&-Regret will not
arise again in the
future.
MN 10
What is the feeding cause
that makes Restlessness-&-Regret
arise?
There are unrest,
unsettledness, nervous unease, agitation & anxiety, often giving irrational
& unwise
attention to such states, this is the feeding cause of the
arising of unarisen Restlessness-&-Regret, &
the feeding
cause of worsening and exacerbation of Restlessness-&-Regret, that already has
arisen.
SN 46:51
What is
the starving cause that makes Restlessness-&-Regret
cease?
There is the mental state
of serene tranquillity, calm, quietude, rest, stillness, imperturbability,
peace,
frequently giving rational & wise attention to this exquisite
mental state, is the starving cause for the
non-arising of unarisen Restlessness-&-Regret, & the starving cause
for the dampening and calming of
Restlessness-&-Regret, that has already
appeared.
SN 46:51
Some
advantageous reflections to return to whenever Restlessness-&-Regret is provoked:
When the mind is restless,
it is the proper time for cultivating the following factors of enlightenment:
tranquillity, concentration and equanimity, because an agitated mind can
easily be quietened by
them.
SN 46:53
Restlessness-&-Regret is like
Slavery:
Just as when a man is a
slave, not independent, but dependent on others, unable to go where he likes,
exactly
& even so is restlessness since it forces one into unwanted activity &
destroys any ease & calm.
Later he is set free from slavery, is now
independent, no longer dependent, a freeman who can go
where he wants. And
at that he rejoices, is glad at heart... Such is blissful freedom from
restlessness.
DN 2
Deliberately Directing: Conscious & Clever Centre of Concentration:
Herein, Ananda, a Bhikkhu attends to this Focus:
This is Real, this is Supreme, namely:
The Stilling of all mental Construction,
The Calming of all Restless Activity,
The Fading of all Concern & Anxiety,
The Cooling of all Temptation & Urge,
The Ending of all Longing & Craving,
The Exhaustion of all Fuel of Being,
Ceasing, Peace, Bliss, Freedom, Nibbana …
AN V 319
|
With all his
attachments cut, |
Calm is his thought,
|
|
DOING GOOD = NO
REGRET! |
DOING BAD = MUCH
REGRET! Here and now the bad-doer suffers... Even so after passing away and re-emerging, the doer of wrong reaps only pain and regret... So both here & there, the evil wrongdoing fool suffers the painful results of prior actions. Dhammapada 16 |
How to get to the opposite
good mental state: Calm (Samatha)
see here:
Forest
Bliss: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Forest_Bliss.htm
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