To spin Buddhism as a way to win is funny to me. It simply isn't defensible by reading primary Buddhist texts. 1/
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Worse still, the desperate clinging to the hope that we will win is exactly what prevents us from the only real comfort available to us while still alive. 2/
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To feel the experience of this moment as it is, without the overlay of hope or despair; this is the only awakeness. 3/
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To equate nibbana with "enlightenment" is a misunderstanding. If we think nibbana is is something that can happen to us, we haven't understood it at all. 4/
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Replying to @chagmed @KennethFolk
What I mean is the translation of "bodhi" as "enlightenment", and the connotations that go along with that word, are a recent development. "Enlightenment" has specific connotations given its usage in other contexts, whereas "waking up" is more nuanced. Do you disagree with that?
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Yes.
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Nibbana has two meanings depending on whether we're talking about what happens in the life of an awakened being or after their death. Neither mean anything superhuman, or particularly mystical.
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