Lal:
Thank you.
That is what I meant by ..”When I come across some inconsistency I go on to see whether the inconsistency is only an apparent one” – perhaps I should have continued: In Buddha Dhamma I have never found it to be (inconsistent). I thought that this implication would be obvious.
What needs conemplating on (in my case, at least) is that even alobha, adosa and amoha need to be overcome. Aiming for the highest seems daunting at times seeing the task at hand and my tendencey is to settle for a lesser goal, one which is, or appears to be, within reach:( your “… One acts with amoha and cultivates dasa punna kamma and dasa kusala kamma, and those lead to rebirths in the higher realms, where there is less suffering.” in # 2.) The dangers and suffering there are accepted as inevitable in the scheme of Buddhadhamma,on Shradda and to some extent on the intellectual level too. But they are NOT SEEN. This is why I said elsewhere ‘..well, a long way to go’- nearly accepting my present limitations.
“….but I am not sure how many people pay attention to these key points.” Attention is there. It is the application of them, or ‘making them one’s own’ which is the difficult bit. And it is useless, worse than useless moreover, to lie to oneself.
grateful as ever,
y not