What is Nirvana? A discourse by Thich Nhat Hanh.

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I thought this might be of interest to some people here, and could make for good discussion.

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1. What is the same?

That would be a Koan.

Zen, Aro and Dzogchen are amongst the sudden schools where realization can be immediate, rather than gradual. Becoming, (something or anything) can be understood as another hindrance. To want to become other than what you actually are can be nothing more than a conceptual projection into an imagined future that is going away from it. Immediate presence in calm abiding reveals this as it is.

In that case, this is Nirvana. We are Buddhas. This is the Pure Land. Everything is perfect from the beginning. The view is the matter at hand. Those statements can seem ludicrous or simplistic only because of the numerous objections and reasoning that can be evoked in order to refute them in a dualistic context. However, refuting them can also be auspicious if they are followed to their philosophical conclusion. Anything is as useful as everything is.

The farther one travels, the less one knows.

Thanks for posting the video. Thich Nhat Hanh chirps by the pond where clouds laugh in Spring.