Thursday, September 23, 2010

Just as mushrooms that pop up from nowhere...


Defilements of the mind can be seen as mushrooms that pop up from nowhere, when the right conditions are present. There are three levels of defilements.* The defilements that are behave like mushrooms are the ones that stay dormant till the right conditions are present. They can be only uprooted completely with wisdom gained through insight, with mindfulness meditation.

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