Craving for Nibbana?
Or: How can I desire Nibbana if it is supposed to be the end of desires? Part of mainstream Buddhism and supported by a notion from the late Mahayana school of thought is the proposition that you cannot achieve Nibbana…
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Stronger prior to breaking
Or: The meaning of samyojana The Buddha defined four stages during the emancipation from Samsara: The stream enterer – someone who realized nibbana (magga-phala) through insight meditation for the first time with a remainder of 7 lives left in samsara…
The king and the holy one
Or: How to recognize an enlightened being. Again, this sounds like a Zen story. But it is not. It is from the early days of Buddhist practice when Sri Lanka (in this case) was full of “Living Buddhist Masters”. Enjoy…