Can You Fake It Till You Make It With Enlightenment

...That's exactly why Lord Buddha recommends that we keep the five precepts. When we keep the five precepts strictly your behavior is like a noble beings, like someone who has attained to Dhamma...

...And we need to do the formal meditation because that makes us more mindful. When we take one meditation object and truly are with that meditation object, the mindfulness becomes sharper. The stability in the mind increases. And then we're able to apply that mindfulness in our other activities. So you'll be more likely to notice when an unwholesome mindset is arising and you'll have more energy in the mind to restrain it. If you don't do the formal practice then misunderstandings will arise. 'I'm just going to be mindful in all postures. I'm not going to meditate cuz I'm just going to be mindful.' And it's like mindful while they're watching a movie, mindful while they're looking at porn, mindful while they're smoking dope..Not quite heading towards Nibbana...

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