Are we able to escape?  I asked someone whether at the instant he was sitting still his citta was kusala or akusala?  He answered, kusala since he was not performing any wrong kamma.  But any instant that is not involved with dana, sila, peacefulness of the mind, or sati-patthana, that instant must be akusala citta of one kind or another, which for the most part would be lobha-mula-citta.  Even to think that tomorrow is Monday, we must know what kind of citta is thinking, therefore each day one would not escape from lobha through the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body sense and mind.  If sati-patthana does not arise, no matter where we are, are we able to transcend lobha?

Therefore those who know in detail the characteristics of realities would know that nothing can stop the current of lobha if sati does not arise to know the characteristics of realities appearing.  For after the citta that sees falls away, the next citta arising in sequence would be composed of if not domanassa vedana or unpleasant feeling, then lobha-mula-citta, unless it were a kusala citta.  Therefore the development of panna must be according to the truth that lobha-mula-citta is a reality that exists and arises all the time, and should be known.  Thus one might refrain from mistaking the lobha-mula-citta and all other realities as entities, people and the self.

Therefore we should not be so afraid of lobha that we try not to have any arising at all, then to develop panna.  In that case, how could panna know the characteristics of lobha?  How could panna see that lobha is not the self, nor an entity or a person?  So whatever a person's life is like ordinarily, sati should be mindful of realities appearing at that instant as they really are then.  If you were to go to a movie, can we prevent normal life from happening, since we are already there?  Hence the phrase in the Tipitaka, 'having arrived wherever the place.'  You have all arrived here, therefore when sati arises,  it would be mindful of the characteristics of realities that are appearing at this instant.

If you had to travel to whatever province, having arrived somewhere, by whatever train, plane, or boat, the only way to cut the current of lobha is for sati to experience the realities appearing at once.  At that instant we must know that we are tracking lobha no matter through which dvara it arises, whether the eye, ear, nose, tongue or mind.