Tricycle Daily Dharma June 12, 2013
Not About Being Good
Just as Buddhist shila
[ethical conduct] refers not to some imaginary static state of virtue
but to an ongoing test of volition, so too is this true of
enlightenment. Since there is no abiding personhood in any of us, rather
than speaking of an enlightened person, let’s speak of enlightened conduct.
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- Bodhin Kjolhede, "Pain, Passion, and the Precepts"
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