| | hindrances are greatly weakened no doubt though indirectly... as you mentioned in off-the-cushion thread, 4th path or 3rd path would allow one an automatic tendency to hang-out in 3rd and 4th Jhana . And as you and Tarin explained in the 'imagination' thread, you can choose not to imagine anything. i take this meaning that, the mind still wanders, but the mind is seen wandering. our 'stuff' happens, but our stuff is seen happening. I assume that when Tarin meant he wanted the end of being, he was referring to what Buddha describes as "removing remaining defilements" that one does after arahatship. and that if i wanted to remove hindrances, it would be this process, which of course sounds pretty cool, but isn't really that useful, and more a matter of personal preference (yogis in caves come to mind) or is it This practice indeed that gives one super skills, not as a result of arahatship, but as a result of conditioning.
here is the excerpt from MCTB on what I think relates to my question:
However, the karma models are not entirely junk. By seeing each thought, state and emotion as it is, there is an increased ability to simply watch these arise and vanish on their own, thus allowing for the causal force of them to not wash through to the future without some moderation of intelligence and wisdom. In this way, past causes, habits, tendencies and the like can be mitigated through clear seeing, and the actions we take based on these that create future causes can be done with more awareness, clarity, and a broader, more inclusive perspective. This is not the same thing as eliminating all “negative” karma, but it is practical, realistic and verifiable, and thus represents the grain of truth found in the Karma Models. |