"The function of contaminated feelings is to act as the basis for the three poisons - attachment, hatred, and ignorance.
Contaminated pleasant feelings induce attachment,
contaminated unpleasant feelings induce hatred, and
contaminated neutral feelings induce ignorance.
In Guide to the Bodhisnttva's Way of Life Shantideva says:
Because of feeling, craving develops.
When ordinary beings develop pleasant feelings they develop craving, or attachment.
Similarly, their unpleasant feelings induce anger, and their neutral feelings induce ignorance.
By closely watching our mind we can observe these automatic reactions occurring almost continuously."
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