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enlightenment
genkaku
Northampton, Mass. U.S.A. Veteran
Just noodling this morning:
There is no time for enlightenment.
I guess the best anyone can do is make time for it.
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Reminds of something one teacher said. In answering a student who asked how long should he meditate everyday?
The teacher answered, "1hour"
To which the student replied, "I'm too busy to meditate for an hour a day"
The teacher then said, "Well in that case you should meditate for two hours"
Tee Hee.
We can make time for practice, meditation, mindfulness. Enlightenment can take care of itself ...
Thus have I heard: We are all already there. It just takes a moment for us to remove the blinkers, ear-plugs and be amazed at how beautiful the morning is...
Awe, gratitude and wakefulness.
Iz plan.
As we may know, Buddha means awake (big clue there). In meditation we learn serene or calm wakefulness.
Many things can wake us, kids, fear, pain, beauty, love, a loud noise etc.
So too to being awoken whilst dreaming we are alive (in the Buddha sense)
etc.