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This was said by the Blessed One,
said by the Arahant, so I have heard: "There are these three kinds of
unskillful thinking that produce blindness, produce lack of vision, produce
lack of knowledge, lead to the cessation of discernment, side with vexation,
and are not conducive to Unbinding. Which three? Thinking imbued with
sensuality... Thinking imbued with ill-will... Thinking imbued with harmfulness
produces blindness, produces lack of vision, produces lack of knowledge, leads
to the cessation of discernment, sides with vexation, and is not conducive to
Unbinding. These are the three kinds of unskillful thinking that produce
blindness, produce lack of vision, produce lack of knowledge, lead to the
cessation of discernment, side with vexation, and are not conducive to
Unbinding.
"There are these three kinds of
skillful thinking that produce non-blindness, produce vision, produce
knowledge, foster discernment, side with non-vexation, and are conducive to Unbinding.
Which three? Thinking imbued with renunciation... Thinking imbued with
non-ill-will... Thinking imbued with harmlessness produces non-blindness,
produces vision, produces knowledge, fosters discernment, sides with
non-vexation, and is conducive to Unbinding. These are the three kinds of
skillful thinking that produce non-blindness, produce vision, produce
knowledge, foster discernment, side with non-vexation, and are conducive to
Unbinding."
Three skillful thoughts
should be thought,
three unskillful thoughts
rejected.
Whoever stills sustained thoughts
-- as rain would, a cloud of dust --
through an awareness with thinking stilled,
attains right here
the state
of peace.
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