The Buddhist Path to Enlightenment (study)
by Dr Kala Acharya | 2016 | 118,883 words
This page relates 鈥榃here Nibbana is鈥� of the study on the Buddhist path to enlightenment. The Buddha was born in the Lumbini grove near the present-day border of India and Nepal in the 6th century B.C. He had achieved enlightenment at the age of thirty鈥揻ive under the 鈥楤odhi-tree鈥� at Buddha-Gaya. This study investigates the teachings after his Enlightenment which the Buddha decided to teach 鈥榦ut of compassion for beings鈥�.
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6.6. Where 狈颈产产腻苍补 is
狈颈产产腻苍补 is not a kind of heaven where a transcendental ego resides. An eternal heaven, which provides all forms of pleasure desired by man and where one enjoys happiness to one鈥檚 heart鈥檚 contents, is practically inconceivable. It is absolutely impossible to think that suck a place could exist permanently anywhere.[1]
According to Rohitassa sutta, the Buddha points out where the 苍颈产产腻苍补 is. It runs as follows:
鈥淚n this very one-fathom-long body, along with its perceptions and thoughts, do I proclaim the world, the origin of the world, the cessation of the world, and the way leading to the cessation of the world鈥�.[2]
But in Milindapa帽h膩, Ven. 狈腻驳补蝉别苍补 answers the question of King Milinda thus:
鈥淭here is no spot looking East, South, West and North, above, below, or beyond, where 苍颈产产腻苍补 is situated. And yet 苍颈产产腻苍补 is, and he who orders his life aright, grounded in virtue and with rational attention, may realize if whether he live in Greece, China, Alexandria, or in Kosala. Just as fire is not stored up any particular place but arises when the necessary conditions exist. So 苍颈产产腻苍补 is said not to exist in a particular place, but it is attained when the necessary conditions are fulfilled鈥�.[3]
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
MB, p. 128-129
[2]:
AN IV, p. 47
[3]:
Mil, p. 313