Achieving Buddhahood is not easy. Only those who are “ready” receive it. What is being “ready”? It is becoming absolutely pure. What is becoming absolutely pure? It is a state where you have no more vices (Pride, Judgement, Jealousy etc..) in your system and is achieved through, LIVING the spiritual teachings on all levels! of your being!
To take an example, when one spiritual teaching says “Do n
~ Ramya.
To take an example, when one spiritual teaching says “Do n
ot Judge” it simply means do not judge, no matter what. The bright words here are “no matter what”. If you can be that, then you have achieved that virtue of non- judgment. So it is for every other virtue. Now you know how pure Lord Buddha must have been to achieve enlightenment! Obviously only such pure beings deserve enlightenment. Actually enlightenment is to understand everything, to know the real state of things. Then obviously when such understanding comes, there can be no judgment. Even I have a code to not judge. Compared to my years before spirituality and now, I have made a lot of progress. But sometimes, I surprise myself when I catch myself judging. That simply means to say I’ve still got a lot of work to do!
Was also thinking about another important virtue required for spiritual aspirants – Humility. Pride (in the negative sense) is another blockage for enlightenment. The truth is, you shall never receive the highest spiritual truths until you keep getting even slightly flustered and your ego gets bloated every now and then. This is what exactly means you are still not “ready” for Buddhahood. “Pride” is a real pain, quite difficult to find where you are over stepping. Well so it is for every vice because, all supposed vices have their own positive points when used in the right sense but since the line demarcating the vice from virtue is very thin sometimes we overstep. This is a very clever setting. Achieving mastery over oneself is not supposed to be easy. But with practice and diligence we can one day tame our ego to be completely stable of even the slightest flutters.
In fact the other day, was thinking this world is full of Mayas. Everything is a trap on our path to Buddhahood. The one who can be intelligent enough to escape all the traps finally reaches the heavens. Was wondering about the worldly and most commonly romanticized love between a Man and Woman. Isn’t that a trap by itself? It is a chain that ties us down to earth, when we want to rise above to the heavenly realms. Without these chains you are absolutely free to rise. Isn’t this why Lord Buddha too left familydom? Just my viewpoint but anyhow, Soul evolves step by step and sometimes perhaps even familydom is essential to evolve from one step to another! And if we are not yet ready perhaps at that particular stage to be otherwise , it is not a wise idea to try something that could even be dangerous. So let’s flow according to our divine plan and get “ready” :-)
Was also thinking about another important virtue required for spiritual aspirants – Humility. Pride (in the negative sense) is another blockage for enlightenment. The truth is, you shall never receive the highest spiritual truths until you keep getting even slightly flustered and your ego gets bloated every now and then. This is what exactly means you are still not “ready” for Buddhahood. “Pride” is a real pain, quite difficult to find where you are over stepping. Well so it is for every vice because, all supposed vices have their own positive points when used in the right sense but since the line demarcating the vice from virtue is very thin sometimes we overstep. This is a very clever setting. Achieving mastery over oneself is not supposed to be easy. But with practice and diligence we can one day tame our ego to be completely stable of even the slightest flutters.
In fact the other day, was thinking this world is full of Mayas. Everything is a trap on our path to Buddhahood. The one who can be intelligent enough to escape all the traps finally reaches the heavens. Was wondering about the worldly and most commonly romanticized love between a Man and Woman. Isn’t that a trap by itself? It is a chain that ties us down to earth, when we want to rise above to the heavenly realms. Without these chains you are absolutely free to rise. Isn’t this why Lord Buddha too left familydom? Just my viewpoint but anyhow, Soul evolves step by step and sometimes perhaps even familydom is essential to evolve from one step to another! And if we are not yet ready perhaps at that particular stage to be otherwise , it is not a wise idea to try something that could even be dangerous. So let’s flow according to our divine plan and get “ready” :-)
~ Ramya.
No Plagirarism!
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