"For him — thus knowing, thus seeing — the mind is released from the effluent of sensuality, the effluent of becoming, the effluent of ignorance. With release, there is the knowledge, 'Released.'"
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"He discerns that 'Birth is ended, the holy life fulfilled, the task done. There is nothing further for this world.' He discerns that 'Whatever disturbances that would exist based on the effluent of sensuality…the effluent of becoming…the effluent of ignorance, are not present.
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"And there is only this modicum of disturbance: that connected with the six sensory spheres, dependent on this very body with life as its condition.' He discerns that 'This mode of perception is empty of the effluent of sensuality... becoming... ignorance."
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"And there is just this non-emptiness: that connected with the six sensory spheres, dependent on this very body with life as its condition.' Thus he regards it as empty of whatever is not there."
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"Whatever remains, he discerns as present: 'There is this.' And so this, his entry into emptiness, accords with actuality, is undistorted in meaning, pure — superior & unsurpassed."
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I'm offering a retreat in which we'll explore this sutra as a parallel to an ancient Chan Buddhist poem. Feb 26 to Mar 1 at Buddhist Insights in West Orange, NJ

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