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The afflictive defilements appear on a relative level to have a disruptive quality, disturbing our minds and wreaking havoc in the world in general. But with a much more careful and detailed investigation of their real nature we cannot find them anywhere. We can come to see that they are mere mirages or illusions, and with this wisdom we start to release ourselves from their grasp. | The afflictive defilements appear on a relative level to have a disruptive quality, disturbing our minds and wreaking havoc in the world in general. But with a much more careful and detailed investigation of their real nature we cannot find them anywhere. We can come to see that they are mere mirages or illusions, and with this wisdom we start to release ourselves from their grasp. | ||
Ultimately, we must not focus on more superficial aspects of the sense objects and our daily experience but instead understand the ultimate nature of our minds and | Ultimately, we must not focus on more superficial aspects of the sense objects and our daily experience but instead understand the ultimate nature of our minds and phenomena—that they do not truly exist in the way that they appear. Bringing this understanding to the afflictions allows us to see through them and cut them down right from their root. | ||
Śāntideva points out that the afflictions reside neither in objects of these afflictions external to us, nor in the sense powers [LINK to glossary], nor somewhere in-between. | Śāntideva points out that the afflictions reside neither in objects of these afflictions external to us, nor in the sense powers [LINK to glossary], nor somewhere in-between. | ||
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