Posted in Meditation, Poetry, tagged Buddha, householder, human birth, moksha, monk, Nirvana, nun, reality, renunciation, suffering on December 3, 2008| Leave a Comment »
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 one now.
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 live as a householder, or a renunciate, or neither… But I wish to know about the life of a person who is seeking enlightenment and his/her greatest desire is to seek an end to suffering? I imagine the answer is to reach Nirvana, one may either be a householder or a renunciate. Once you reach the other side of the shore, you have no need for the boat. Whether that boat was that of a householder, or a nun, or something else altogether. Yet, I’d like to get this knowledge from those who are experienced and speak with mindfulness.
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