A personal blog by a graying (mostly Anglo with light African-American roots) gay left leaning liberal progressive married college-educated Buddhist Baha'i BBC/NPR-listening Professor Emeritus now following the Dharma in Minas Gerais, Brasil.
If there were a cause, nirvana would be conditional and impermanent. This means that no amount of effort can produce nirvana, because it does not arise from causes.
If you are practicing with the idea that your effort will engender nirvana, notice that you are still treating it as a special goal to be achieved. In doing so, you are actually reinforcing the grasping that is the defining characteristic of samsara.
In an episode of Tricycle Talks, Haemin Sunim explains how we can let go of superficial notions of happiness and instead relax into the present moment.
Korean nun and Seon master Daehaeng explains that enlightenment is not something to be reached. It is right here if we can rid ourselves of ignorance and defilements.
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