[The Blessed One said:] Monk, whatever one stays obsessed with,[1] thats what one is measured by. Whatever one is measured by, thats how one is classified. Whatever one doesnt stay obsessed with, thats not what one is measured by. Whatever one isnt measured by, thats not how one is classified. ... If one stays obsessed with form [feeling, perception, fabrication (sankhara), consciousness], monk, thats what one is measured by. Whatever one is measured by, thats how one is classified. But if one doesnt stay obsessed with form [feeling, perception, fabrication (sankhara), consciousness], monk, thats not what one is measured by. Whatever one isnt measured by, thats not how one is classified. ~ Bhikkhu Sutta (SN22.36) Notes [1] The obsessions are: the obsession of sensual passion, the obsession of resistance, the obsession of views, the obsession of uncertainty, the obsession of conceit, the obsession of passion for becoming, and the obsession of ignorance. See AN 7.12.
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