subtler impurities, such as being lost in worldly thoughts of family and friends, of reputation, of work. As laypeople living in the world, we do need to think about these things sometimes. But very often, we’re simply lost in a kind of unnoticed reverie about them, drifting along in habits of thought that may not be particularly unwholesome, but may be inappropriate or unnecessary for the task at hand. Are they necessary? Probably not.
