Neither Pushing Forward or Staying In Place
I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. There he addressed the monks: “Monks!”
“Yes, lord,” the monks responded to him.
The Blessed One said: “Monks, I will teach you a statement & its analysis. Listen & pay close attention. I will speak.”
“As you say, lord,” the monks responded to him.
The Blessed One said, “A monk should investigate in such a way that, his consciousness neither externally scattered & diffused, nor internally positioned, he would from lack of clinging/sustenance be unagitated. When—his consciousness neither externally scattered & diffused, nor internally positioned—from lack of clinging/ sustenance he would be unagitated, there is no seed for the conditions of future birth, aging, death, or stress.”
That is what the Blessed One said. Having said it, he—the One Well-Gone—got up from his seat and went into his dwelling.
From: An Analysis of the Statement Uddesa-vibhaṅga Sutta (MN 138)
Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Phra Ajaan Geoff)
https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN138.html
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