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The Buddah

 

            1) To restrain the senses means to not allow them to determine what reality is, and should not let what they show you about an object to divert or distract you, and your imagination makes ideas about the perceived thing and leads to suffering, so to restrain one restrains their senses in that they control what they perceive and do not perceive using them.
             2) Once restrained, the senses will provide no fuel for your imagination to make ideas about the perceived, and therefore one will not be led into temptation and will not suffer. No attachment will occur if the senses are restrained, and that is one quality one must seek out in order to become enlightened,.
             3) A person's senses can be very deceiving. Take for example a beautiful girl. One's eyes may tell them she is attractive, so one seeks to know her, and pursue her, only to discover she is a vulgar and immoral person. This leads to heartache and other pains and sufferings. A persons senses can lead to this, and they can waver, giving one conflicting messages and thus leading to confusing. My own senses are unsteady at times. A simple example is when I have smelled food that seems to smell wonderful, but them I eat it, and it tastes awful. Trusting the sense of smell lead to something bad.
             4) Meditation can make one revitalized and strong, and clear a person's head from harmful or confusing thoughts. It allows one to think clearly about things and weigh what is important. The religious aspects seem to include getting rid of worldly desires and discerning Holy Truths, whereas the secular pieces deal more with the body and remaining healthy and aware. .
             5) According to this passage the Buddhist believes the body is merely the vessel, and it to be cared for only enough to keep one strong enough to accomplish the work that is set for them to do in this life. No luxuries should be put on the body because it is only a tool that will soon pass away.


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