Thursday, July 31, 2014

Free of Both Delusion and Enlightenment


Karmic outflows (in Sanskrit, asrava) from the actions of ordinary men manifest as their passions, wants, sufferings, and sorrows. They arise because the true nature has been lost sight of. But however free of these one may have become, if one now leans on one's understanding, one has only replaced delusion with enlightenment--and that is not the Way. One genuinely enlightenment is free of both delusion and enlightenment.

---Roshi Soko Morinaga, in his commentary on The Ceasing of Notions---

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