Detachment leads to dimplicity

[3/8, 8:01 AM] ‪ 🌹Guruji--
By observing unpleasant sensations without reacting, we eradicate aversion.
By observing pleasant sensations without reacting, we eradicate craving.
By observing neutral sensations without reacting, we eradicate ignorance.

🌷Thus no sensation is good or bad in itself.
It is good if one remains balanced;
It is bad if one loses equanimity.

🌻In this way, every sensation is used as a tool to eradicate conditioning.

[3/8, 8:01 AM] ‬: 🌸गुरूजी यदि कोई कुछ ऐसा करे जो तुमको लगता है अनुचित है, गलत है, तब?

उत्तर--हाँ, चाहे जो कुछ भी हो; कोई बहुत गलत कर रहा है, तो तुम्हे उसका विरोध करना ही है। अपनी पूरी शक्ति से उसका विरोध करो।

परंतु कुछ अंतराल(interval) जो चाहे केवल कुछ क्षणों का ही, जब तुम संवेदनाओ को जान रहे हो और समता में हो। तत्पश्चात(thereafter)
उचित कार्य करो।

[3/8, 8:01 AM] ‬: #vipassana #meditation #sngoenka

💐 Q: In Dhamma much emphasis has been given to leading a life of simplicity and detachment. In the world today, how can a householder achieve these objectives?

A: You see, more importance should be given to detachment.

Simplicity will follow, but it should not be the aim.

Otherwise Dhamma will deteriorate.

There will be a class of people who will just make a show, "Look how simply I live," but deep inside there will be attachment for wealth and riches, etc. This does not lead to liberation.

So the aim of Dhamma should be to develop detachment.

🌷 Once detachment is developed, none of these things will hold any attraction.

Naturally, simplicity will develop.

But if this becomes the aim, it will become a show.

More important is purification of the mind through detachment.