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Oh Dear, We've been HACKED! | Dhammagiri | Buddhist Dhamma Talk | Ajahn Dhammasiha
We're worried about getting hacked, or becoming victims of identity theft. Nefarious actors may scoop up all our private data after getting access to our computer or online accounts in a 'hack'.
However, compared to a hacker getting into our email our bank account, it is far worse that our mind has been 'hacked' by Mara.
Defilements, craving, ignorance and delusion have managed to gain access to our mind, and are now executing their neferious activity.
Like a firewall can help us to ward of hackers from our computers, so can sense restraint protect our mind from Mara (= kilesas/defilements)…
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