I read this in a book called 'What the Buddha taught': When he experiences a pleasant, unpleasant or neutral sensation, he knows that it is impermanent, that it does not bind him, that it is not experienced with passion. Whatever may be the sensation, he experiences it without being bound to it. He knows that all those sensations will be pacified with the dissolution of the body, just as the flame of a lamp goes out when oil and wick give out.
This is a description of an enlightened person, a person who sees The Truth. So my question is, if The Truth, Nirvana, or whatever you may call it, is living every moment without passion, even the ones which are supposed to be experienced fully, with love and passion, what's the point of living? Are we supposed to be indifferent towards every single moment? From my point of view, life shouldn't be lived that way, at least not the moments which are worth being passionately experienced.
What's your opinion?
Submitted September 02, 2017 at 03:30AM by nsmrj http://ift.tt/2eqYoNk
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