Episode 90 - Free your mind and the rest will follow

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to the Buddha, thoughts create karma, our present reality and our future. Yet our thoughts can be so deceptive. This episode will help us explore and question our thoughts, as well as direct them toward what is beneficial. Specifically, we will look at the three non-virtuous actions of mind: coveting, malice and wrong view.</span></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li><strong>“Coveting: <span style="font-weight: 400;">The bases of covetousness are the wealth or possessions of another. The motivation is the desire to make the wealth or property your own. The culmination is thinking “May it become mine,” about wealth and the like. Asaṅga describes this as “the determination that it will become yours.” </span></strong></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For this to be full-fledged covetousness, five qualities are required: </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(1) having a mind that is exceedingly attached to your own resources; </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(2) having a mind of attachment that wants to accumulate resources;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(3) having a mind of longing due to comprehending or experiencing the good things of others—their wealth and so forth; </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(4) having an envious mind, thinking that whatever is another’s should be your own; </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(5) having a mind that is overcome, due to covetousness, by shamelessness and an obliviousness about the determination to be free from the faults of covetousness.</span></p> <p><strong>2. Malice</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Thinking such thoughts as, “How nice it would be if they were killed, or bound, or their resources were ruined, either naturally or by another person.” </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Moreover, it is complete if the following five attitudes are present. The five are: </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(1) an attitude of hostil