Non-Control makes U into a Monkey-Robot

Friends:

Non-Control makes U into a Monkey-Robot!

Buddha once asked: How, Bhikkhus and friends, is there non-control?

Seeing a form with the eye, one becomes attracted by the pleasing form, while repelled by the displeasing form. Having heard a sound with the ear, one becomes attracted by the charming sound, while repulsed by a horrid sound.

Having sniffed a smell with the nose, one becomes attracted by the lovely smell, while repelled by a detestable smell. Having tasted a flavour with the tongue, one becomes attracted by the liked taste, while repelled by a disliked taste.

Feeling a touch with the body, one becomes attracted by the pleasant touch, while repelled by any unpleasant touch. When one experiences a mental phenomenon with the mind, one becomes attracted by the agreeable mental phenomenon, while repelled by any disagreeable mental phenomenon. In this uncontrolled way does such mind live without having established Awareness of the body, & confined by a limited mind!

Therefore does such one neither understand, nor experience that release of mind, that mental liberation through understanding, wherein those evil detrimental states cease without remaining trace. In exactly this way is there is non-control!

Comments:

The limited & finite mind is a mind not made infinite by the praxis of the 4 sublime or 'divine abodes' (brahma-vihāra), also called the four infinite mental states (appamaññā), which are:

1: Universal Friendliness (Mettā),
2: Universal Pity (Karunā),
3: Universal Sympathy (Muditā), and
4: Universal Equanimity (Upekkhā).