Shackles and Liberation

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Posted on Sep 10th, 2008 by Hanru

MIND is the "seed" of everything, from which sprouts both existence and nirvana.

Pay obeisance to it, for, like the wish-fulfilling gem, it gives you the fruit that you desire. IF the mind is shackled, one is also shackled -

 

When it is free, one is also free. There is no doubt about this: that which

shackles the ignorant - liberates the wise immediately.

 

                                                           - Kanha's Dohakosa

                                                                            (Buddhist Scriptures, p. 482-483)

 

 

 

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