Greetings everyone, here is the Dharma Talk that I have chosen for tonights lesson. With some text also, some directly from the video and some that I have added. https://youtube/watch?v=NTJHmmUNRRw (clickable link, to the video, is also at bottom of this post) Attachments 1. How do attachments arise? What is the mechanism through which attachments come into being? -It starts off that as a matter of fact, as human beings, we have feelings. -These feelings can be divided into two kinds, pleasant and unpleasant. (All of our experiences in the world can be subdivided onto these two things.) -Naturally it follows that from these we are going to have craving, because it is in accordance with nature that we want to have pleasant feelings. -Craving is naturally an unpleasant state so we want to satisfy this craving. -In the world you will find things that will make you feel fulfilled make you feel good about yourself, things that help you avoid unpleasant feelings. -The things that help us to avoid unpleasant feelings are the things that we attach to. Unpleasant or pleasant feelings, then craving, then attachment. As long as we place value on feelings we are going to have attachment. We cannot just say that we are not going to be attached, just saying that alone is not going to be beneficial. It is this way because we have this sense of self, and we believe that we are in control. We believe that we can control our world to have nice feelings, to have pleasant feelings. Look back at the cause of why we feel we are in control. It is because we have made a habit of conditioning our mind to be deluded by associations that are not true well-being. We have avoided unpleasant feelings by craving something to replace them. Examples of formations of attachment: Our accomplishments Our possessions Our relationships with others Our environment Our own body Our mind The attachment arises because the object of the attachment gives us some kind of pleasure. 2. How do we overcome these attachments? -We must create a kind of refuge away from these attachments without inadvertently creating an attachment to the refuse as a product of an effort to avoid that which is unpleasant. We create a refuge that is inside of our self. -By cultivating an inner peace we gradually release control and have a clear view of where peace, without attachment, arises. -You become less susceptible to suffering, you are more resilient overall and the things that you used to cling to, to have pleasure/well-being, are no longer necessary. -When the construct of a mental refuge is longer necessary, and peace and well-being exist without distraction then we have enlightenment. How then can we relate to others in a way that shows that we love them without becoming attached to them? After finding this refuge, within our self, letting go of the construct of control, we should start to cultivate unconditional loving kindness toward all beings. This unconditional loving kindness then spreads out on all directions regardless of external reciprocity or acknowledgment, this is how to love and to relate to others without attaching to them.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 23:30:40 +0000
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