
He who, having traversed this miry, perilous,
and delusive round of existence,
who has crossed over, and reached the other shore,
who is meditative, calm, free from doubt,
and, clinging to nothing, has attained to nibbāna:
him do I call a holy one. (Dpd 414)
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Bhikkhu Cintita Dinsmore Alternative format: There is a pervasive disagreement in Western Buddhism. Those whom we can call the traditionalists see virtue in adhering rather…
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You are reading a serialization of the ebook Growing the Dharma: Buddhism’s Religious Spadework. In another rather long installment we consider the many conversations that…