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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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[–] rah@hilariouschaos.com 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

there hasn't been opportunities to speak to teachers in-person

The important thing is not what opportunities you may or may not have had in the past but whether you seek to create an opportunity in the future, which you clearly do not. In fact you seem very resistant to the idea of speaking to a Buddhist teacher. Which is odd for someone asking questions about Buddhism.

There's millions of examples of beings attaining enlightenment or partial enlightenment by hearing a teacher rather than speaking to one.

LOL best of luck with that. Take care.

[–] beumuth@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

I've checked with around twenty places/teachers for guidance. I've also listened to or read from around a hundred contemporary teachers.