Monthly Archives: August 2010

Reading Bhikkhu Bodhi’s article What Does It Mean To Be Enlightened, it occurred to me that the terms awakened, liberated, perfected and nibanna do not all point to the same thing.  There is a difference which can be explained by … Continue reading →

Awakening is the process of becoming awakened. An awakening experience, without an adjective, is a step on a long path – a moment noticed in such a way that it moves me forward one step.  To be awakened? I can’t … Continue reading →

Life is art that draws itself. I have no greater purpose.

A presentation this evening used Stephen Batchelor’s translation of the four noble truths and he translates sammādiṭṭhi as appropriate seeing. It seems that Stephen has a problem with right view as it intimates (by implication in the definition of the words … Continue reading →

If I knew it was to be my last meal, why would I eat it?

I was looking up anatta today in a Pali dictionary, wanting to see the root word, which I supposed would be something like atta or a derivative of the Sanskrit word ātman. Turns out, the Pali word is attan, which … Continue reading →