How does the mind respond when pleasant sexual feelings arise in the body or pleasant fantasies in the mind? Do we indulge or resist? Are we mindful and nonreactive, seeing clearly their impermanent nature? How does the mind respond to unpleasant feelings of pain or discomfort? How does the mind respond when we’re ill? The Buddha gives some direct instruction here: “You should train like this: my body may be sick yet my mind will remain unafflicted.”
