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BeinGood About Not, etc....
---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.
- Bodhin Kjolhede, "Pain, Passion, and the Precepts"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
what about
whereabouts unknown? is
such
delicious
torment as much ab'out ye or me?
or the me wit'in ye wit
in me?
not to deny abiding
personhood
delude'dled
whatever was my me for too long too long a go -
thereby be
My Pain, not t'be tooken personalike,
but as for all sentient beans,uni
versal dispersal unconditional compassion, &
karma,
which in-no-way dispenses rewards nor puni
shments,
an unknowable condition--------------
no mes'sage here kids------delighted
enlight'liment
is a cummance of bliss
afire wit thee pains of every
thing that lives that
lives that
lives.........be it alike un'to "so be it"
xxxxxxxdkzk2013xxxxxxphfotobydkzkVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
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.
- Bodhin Kjolhede, "Pain, Passion, and the Precepts"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
what about
whereabouts unknown? is
such
delicious
torment as much ab'out ye or me?
or the me wit'in ye wit
in me?
not to deny abiding
personhood
delude'dled
whatever was my me for too long too long a go -
thereby be
My Pain, not t'be tooken personalike,
but as for all sentient beans,uni
versal dispersal unconditional compassion, &
karma,
which in-no-way dispenses rewards nor puni
shments,
an unknowable condition--------------
no mes'sage here kids------delighted
enlight'liment
is a cummance of bliss
afire wit thee pains of every
thing that lives that
lives that
lives.........be it alike un'to "so be it"
xxxxxxxdkzk2013xxxxxxphfotobydkzkVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
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