Reply To: Discussion on “Cultivating Jhāna and Magga Phala – What Is the Difference?”

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Lal
Keymaster

You are making progress. 

You wrote: ” I still have a sexual appetite and am still a bit lazy about formal meditation,..”

  • Sexual apatite goes away only at the Anagami stage. Our bodies are “made’ (via Paticca Samuppada) to generate sexual urges. Our minds (more accurately, the seat of the mind or hadaya vatthu) are also “made” to create a sanna of “sweetness of sugar” or “pleasant smell of a rose.” Read and understand the new post: “Saññā Gives Rise to Most of the Vedanā We Experience.”
  • The tendency to engage in meditation will increase as you gain more understanding. Remember, meditation is not restricted to sitting down and doing a “formal meditation session.” While that should be done too, one must constantly think about how defilements arise in everyday situations and avoid harmful actions, i.e., “being mindful all the time.”

You wrote: “I’m not picky about eating as long as it’s appropriate, my clothes are simple, the important thing is neat and polite, I don’t use hair or body perfume, everything is simple and I think it reduces my attachment and makes me much more relaxed. “

  • Yes. That happens naturally and gradually as one’s understanding increases.
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