Fellow students of the Way, be careful.
Don’t think that meditation comes first and then gives rise to wisdom or that wisdom comes first and then gives rise to meditation or that meditation and wisdom are separate.
For those who hold such views, the Dharma is dualistic: If the mouth speaks of goodness, but the mind doesn’t think of goodness, meditation and wisdom aren’t the same.
But if goodness pervades both the mouth and the mind, if what is external and internal are alike, then meditation and wisdom are the same.
The cultivation of self-awareness does not involve argument.
People who argue about which comes first and which comes second only confuse themselves.
Unless you put an end to right and wrong, you will give rise to self-existent dharmas, and you will never be free of the Four States.
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Attachment to practice leads to attachment to wisdom.
Attachment to wisdom leads to attachment to practice.
Thoughts?
Submitted April 23, 2021 at 05:54PM by landonisnow https://ift.tt/3sHFh5n
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