I dedicate this human birth to the goal of nirvana. Oh, suffering, I bow to you today. You have lead me to seek the ultimate reality. Nirvana on a householder’s path, nirvana on a renunciate’s path, two boats rowing toward the same shore. Been sitting in the first boat, want to sit in the other [...]
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Renunciation
Posted in Meditation, Poetry, tagged Buddha, householder, human birth, moksha, monk, Nirvana, nun, reality, renunciation, suffering on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Paths of life
Posted in Life, tagged Buddha, enlightenment, householder, monk, Nirvana, nun on October 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Did the Buddha say that to reach Nirvana, one has to take on the life of a renunciate and become a monk or nun? That is, is it possible, according to the Buddha, to reach Nirvana, be enlightened, while living the life of a householder? I do understand that after one is enlightened, one may [...]
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