Publish Date:2024-12-24
Attainment of enlightenment means acquisition of supramundane wisdom which serves to relieve one of defilements, afflictions, evil passions, and carnal desires. On the other hand, Chan also teaches that “affliction is, in itself, ‘Bodhi’”. The purport of the axiom is that “affliction can be availed of as a means to sharpen the wits of the afflicted”. So the axiom serves to expound on instances of dialectics as evinced in everyday occurrences and imparts to us the message that “if an individual has the wits to treat an affliction from a sagacious standpoint, it would be quite possible for him to turn the tables on the affliction and to feel pretty relieved.
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