Forgetfulness
idea · 2 works · 2 mentions · 4 anchored passages
forgetfulness · desire · heedlessness · mind not restrained
in the texts
Letters
Basil's professed natural weakness of memory, offered as an explanation for lapses in correspondence.
For forgetfulness of friends, and the contempt that comes from power, together contain all that is dreadful.
I am by nature prone to forgetfulness, and there has come upon me besides a multitude of occupations, intensifying the natural weakness.
Kunjarakarna Dharmakathana
The doctrine that heedlessness and unchecked desire, even amid power or pleasure, lead inevitably to suffering and sin.
It is the nature of the fly to desire sores, blood, and wounds.
"If the mind is not restrained, it follows its desires without end.
But he is far from knowing his sinful state, made heedless by his power.