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Hello. I'm having difficulty obtaining nutriment for intention, and feel a sense of starvation-pain there. I learned in Buddhism about this concept from the Āhāra Sutta [edit - mistakenly linked the wrong Āhāra Sutta], that nutriment for intention is necessary to sustain beings. Intention nutriment is also regarded as impermanent, conditioned phenomena that's better to be detached from, though I don't know how to obtain enlightenment and become detached from nutriment either. Is there a way to request & gain access to nutriment for intention within Buddhism? I've been unsuccessful in getting responses when asking like this in the past. Otherwise, is there a way I could gain enlightenment and become detached from nutriment? (I've been reading suttas/sutras from Theravāda & Mahāyāna over the past decade.)

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[–] SnoopSqueak@lemmy.today 0 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Like, you're trying to find motivation to eat good, healthy food?

[–] beumuth@lemmy.world 0 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm talking about nutriment for intention, cetanā āhāra. Forgive me, there was two Āhāra Suttas, and I accidentally linked the incorrect one.

[–] SnoopSqueak@lemmy.today 0 points 4 weeks ago

When I click the link, the app I'm using (Raccoon) crashes, I can't read it.

Can you briefly describe it in other terms?