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self using intoxicants

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i was reading the scripture Uninstructed Assutavā Sutta (SN 12:61): > “Monks, an uninstructed run-of-the-mill person might grow > disenchanted with this body composed of the four great elements, > might grow dispassionate toward it, might gain release from it. Why > is that? Because the growth & decline, the taking up & putting down > of this body composed of the four great elements are apparent. > “But as for what’s called ‘mind,’ ‘intellect,’ or ‘consciousness,’ the > uninstructed run-of-the-mill person is unable to grow disenchanted > with it, unable to grow dispassionate toward it, unable to gain > release from it. Why is that? For a long time this has been relished, > appropriated, and grasped by the uninstructed run-of-the-mill person > as, ‘This is me, this is my self, this is what I am.’ Thus the > uninstructed run-of-the-mill person is unable to grow disenchanted > with it, unable to grow dispassionate toward it, unable to gain > release from it. this is difficult to apprehend. i am not capable of *willing* myself to stop using intoxicants, so how does this dhamma make sense? i will have to wait until i die to be released? that's my interpretation... what exactly grows dispassionate towards the body anyway? EDIT: THIS QUESTION MAKES VERY LITTLE SENSE...IT LACKS FOCUS. IT CREATES CONFUSION WHERE THERE MIGHT BE NONE. A BETTER APPROACH OR QUESTION WOULD BE 'HOW DOES A SELF-VIEW GENERATE VARIOUS PROBLEMS LIKE ADDICTION; BOTH PRECEDING THE ADDICTION, AND IN THE AFTERMATH?'
Asked by āḷasu bhikhārī (2033 rep)
Oct 7, 2022, 03:47 PM
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