---Good question. Put me through some real "soul searching",lol. Yes, all beings are inherently awakened. It is more a matter of wiping away the dust from our eyes than any attainment. Ego deludes us into a sense of self, but this is an illusion. Dissolving the self disolves the dust.
So is it possible all beings arrive at an actualized awakening? Establishment of a will to the truth is hard to come by, the world twist in samsara. And even with a cessation of suffering there is no end to suffering. So the opportunity to misstep from the path is before us every moment. Even Buddhas are susceptible to suffering. I cannot claim to have the answer here, I suspect it truly has no answer. All I can do is go forward and assist the world and the people in it. In gassho, Guy In [email protected], "sungmanitu28" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > During his Dharma talk yesterday, my Roshi was discussing the > Bodhisattva vow and how a Bodhisattva promises not to leave Samsara > until all beings reach enlightenment. He then indicated how difficult > this would be since, even is all adults were enlightened as soon as a > baby was born there was another being that needed to be enlightened. > This got me to thinking and I wondered whether babies are not already > enlightened. Is enlightenment no the absence of attachment and > desire? A baby does not have any real attachment or desire when they > are first born. Of course they have hunger and quickly develop > attachment to their parents. However, does hunger count, surely the > Buddha was hungry, he ate. Are babies, at the first moment of birth, > not already enlightened beings? > Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today! Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
