[Buddha-l] Loving your object of study

[Richard Hayes]

On Tue, 2007-11-20 at 14:23 -0500, curt wrote:

> The quickest way to liberation is almost certainly to focus (but not 
> exclusively) on whatever one is *least* inclined to. 

Cripes, now I see why my progress has been so slow. I have been doing
the things I am *most* inclined to, which is a combination of sutra
study, study of abhidharma, lots of devotional practices, the practice
of metta-bhavana and dipping frequently into the jhaanas. 

What I personally am *least* inclined to do is to drink lots of alcohol,
chase women, go to casinos and watch sporting events on TV. Damn it all,
Curt, I wish you had told me sooner that I could make the quickest
progress to liberation by guzzling beer while watching NASCAR on
high-definition TV in Las Vegas.

-- 
Richard Hayes <rhayes at unm.edu>
University of New Mexico