Eastern Enlightenment lets go of meanings imposed by motivation. Its goal is liberation. Western Enlightenment lets go of meanings imposed by religion and superstition. Its goal is rationality.
I am not enlightened enough to make definitive statements here! I am aware that many practitioners think that their road ends with compassion, but others consider compassion to be a deluded state as well.
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One of the fascinating, troubling aspects of buddhism is that nobody, apart from a few buddhas, knows what nirvana actually is. We know it's a general ending of the cycle of rebirth. But where are the buddhas? The answer is, apparently: "You'll know when youre a buddha".
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And so, if one is motivated to become a monk (being a lay buddhist is like, meh, in buddhism), your best reason is, 'this is not for me, i don't exist, i'm more or less a fiction, im just giving up this deluded experience, I want off this merry-go-round'.
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