user20766: I know that as long as someone isn't enlightened, thoughts will continue to arise in one's mind, including bad thoughts. And the only way to prevent bad thoughts from arising is through meditation. So does "not wanting to meditate" counted as bad karma? Because there's an intention to not want to meditate (meanwhile meditation is the only way to prevent bad thoughts from arising). So not wanting to meditate = letting bad thoughts to arise = bad karma(?)
Can someone clear this for me? Thank you.

user21314: what would be acting to prevent one from meditating are things like habits, naivety, laziness,  misperception of low things being meaningful things,  etcetc
these are the things that actually perform functions to prevent intending to meditate,  as opposed to the simple fact of the absence of someone meditating which isnt an action therefore not producing karma

user8157: The Pali suttas say bad thoughts arise from the three wrong actions rather than from not meditating. Therefore, it is probably best to work on right view about morality.

And what is the nutriment for the five hindrances? It should be said:
the three kinds of misconduct.
https://legacy.suttacentral.net/en/an10.61


20766: <p>I know that as long as someone isn't enlightened, thoughts will continue to arise in one's mind, including bad thoughts. And the only way to prevent bad thoughts from arising is through meditation. So does &quot;not wanting to meditate&quot; counted as bad karma? Because there's an intention to not want to meditate (meanwhile meditation is the only way to prevent bad thoughts from arising). So not wanting to meditate = letting bad thoughts to arise = bad karma(?)</p>
<p>Can someone clear this for me? Thank you.</p>
 21314: <p>what would be acting to prevent one from meditating are things like habits, naivety, laziness,  misperception of low things being meaningful things,  etcetc</p>
<p>these are the things that actually perform functions to prevent intending to meditate,  as opposed to the simple fact of the absence of someone meditating which isnt an action therefore not producing karma</p>
 8157: <p>The Pali suttas say bad thoughts arise from the three wrong actions rather than from not meditating. Therefore, it is probably best to work on right view about morality.</p>
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<p>And what is the nutriment for the five hindrances? It should be said:
the three kinds of misconduct.</p>
<p><a href="https://legacy.suttacentral.net/en/an10.61" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://legacy.suttacentral.net/en/an10.61</a></p>
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