Friends:
How to cure the agitated & worried Restlessness-&-Regret!
Noticing Restlessness-&-Regret (uddhacca-kukkucca) arise can make it fade away:
Herein, Bhikkhus, when Restlessness-&-Regret is present in him, the bhikkhu
notes & understands:
There is Restlessness-&-Regret in me, & when Restlessness-&-Regret is absent,
he notes & understands:
No Restlessness-&-Regret is in me. He also understands how unarisen
Restlessness-&-Regret arises.
He understands how to leave behind any arisen Restlessness-&-Regret, and he
understands how left
Restlessness-&-Regret will not arise again in the future.
MN 10
What is the feeding cause that makes Restlessness-&-Regret arise?
There are unrest, unsettledness, nervous unease, agitation & anxiety, often
giving irrational & unwise
attention to such states, this is the feeding cause of the arising of unarisen
Restlessness-&-Regret, &
the feeding cause of worsening and exacerbation of Restlessness-&-Regret, that
already has arisen.
SN 46:51
What is the starving cause that makes Restlessness-&-Regret cease?
There is the mental state of serene tranquillity, calm, quietude, rest,
stillness, imperturbability, peace,
frequently giving rational & wise attention to this exquisite mental state, is
the starving cause for the
non-arising of unarisen Restlessness-&-Regret, & the starving cause for the
dampening and calming of
Restlessness-&-Regret, that has already appeared.
SN 46:51
Some advantageous reflections to return to whenever Restlessness-&-Regret is
provoked:
When the mind is restless, it is the proper time for cultivating the following
factors of enlightenment:
tranquillity, concentration and equanimity, because an agitated mind can easily
be quietened by them.
SN 46:53
Restlessness-&-Regret is like Slavery:
Just as when a man is a slave, not independent, but dependent on others, unable
to go where he likes,
exactly & even so is restlessness since it forces one into unwanted activity &
destroys any ease & calm.
Later he is set free from slavery, is now independent, no longer dependent, a
freeman who can go
where he wants. And at that he rejoices, is glad at heart... Such is blissful
freedom from restlessness.
DN 2
Deliberately Directing: Conscious & Clever Centre of Concentration:
Herein, Ananda, a Bhikkhu attends to this Focus:
This is Real, this is Supreme, namely:
The Stilling of all mental Construction,
The Calming of all Restless Activity,
The Fading of all Concern & Anxiety,
The Cooling of all Temptation & Urge,
The Ending of all Longing & Craving,
The Exhaustion of all Fuel of Being,
Ceasing, Peace, Bliss, Freedom, Nibbana
AN V 319
With all his attachments cut,
with the mind's agitation quieted,
calm and serene and happy is he,
for he has attained peace of mind.
Samyutta Nikaya I, 212
Calm is his thought,
Calm is his speech, and
Calm is his action, who, truly knowing,
is wholly freed, perfectly tranquil and wise.
Dhammapada 96
DOING GOOD = NO REGRET!
Here and now the good-doer rejoices...
Even so after passing away and re-emerging,
the doer of good reaps only joy & ease...
So both here & there, the wise with merit well done, enjoys the purity of
prior actions.
Dhammapada 15
DOING BAD = MUCH REGRET!
Here and now the bad-doer suffers...
Even so after passing away and re-emerging,
the doer of wrong reaps only pain and regret...
So both here & there, the evil wrongdoing fool
suffers the painful results of prior actions.
Dhammapada 16
How to get to the opposite good mental state: Calm (Samatha) see here:
Forest Bliss: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Forest_Bliss.htm
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