Being Negative on the Way to Being Affirmative
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Writer Jogye Date03 Aug 2015 Read10,868 Comment0Content
Being
Negative on the Way to Being Affirmative
Needless to
borrow what old Buddhist monks said “If you’re warm-hearted, your aspiration
for enlightenment can lessen,” obsession makes you uncomfortable.
Nirvana denotes a
free condition where you rid yourself of all sorts of connections.
However, obsession
is exactly the cause of the connections.
Obsession with human
feelings is much more indestructible than the one with things.
Leaving home
means leaving the home of the obsession, and in that sense, renunciant
practitioners can be called cold-blooded as if they’re metals.
However, their coldness
is only a negative phase toward the heat of affirmation in the end.
The compassion
of the bodhisattivas who are on the horizon of affirmation is as warm as spring
sunshine.
- Venerable
Beopjeong’s Essay
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