Episode 127 - Embracing The Spiritual Path

<p><strong>The 3 obstacles to effort</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Procrastination</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Attachment yo what is non-virtuous or meaningless</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Discouragement</span></p> <p> </p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The toxins multiply </span></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">For the insolent and negligent </span></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Who reject what they should do </span></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">And do instead what they should not. </span></em></p> <p> </p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">But the toxins come to an end </span></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">For those who are mindful and alert, </span></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Who are constantly well-engaged </span></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">With mindfulness of the body, </span></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Who don’t resort to what they should not do </span></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">But persist in doing what they should. (292–293)</span></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">—Buddha, The Dhammapada</span></em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>References and Links</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Buddha.</span><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Dhammapada</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. Translated by Gil Fronsdale. (Kindle). Shambala, Boston and London, 2011, pp. 75-76 (</span><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Dhammapada-text-only-G-Fronsdal/dp/B004GX8T0K/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=fronsdal+dhammapada&qid=1625505373&sr=8-2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Link</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Buddha (1986).</span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories.</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Translated by Daw Mya Tin, M.A. (Website). Edited by Ed