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Buddha - Fire sermon - The mind is on fire
Identifier
000977
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
Buddha didn't, fairly obviously, practise hate, but the description is about hate, hence why it is an activity
A description of the experience
From the Buddha’s Fire sermon
The mind is on fire, thoughts are on fire. Mind consciousness and the impressions received by the mind and the sensations that arise from the impressions that the mind receives – these two are on fire.
And with what are they on fire?
With the fire of greed, with the fire of resentment, with the fire of infatuation, with sorrow and lamentation, with misery and grief and despair, they are on fire….