The defilements can only sully one's life through the conscious choice to engage with them. By learning to withstand these impurities through the middle way of right endurance, one discovers "an island that no flood can overwhelm."<br /> ____________________________________<br />If you wish to support the Hillside Hermitage Sangha and this channel you are very welcome to do so via:<br /><a href="https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us</a><br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nz9a1dYdN0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nz9a1dYdN0</a>