Monday, November 17, 2008

Still sustained thoughts...as rain would, a cloud of dust


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.
Iti 3.38; Iti 82

*Skillful thoughts
1.Renunciation
2.Non-ill-will
3. Harmlessness
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