Dharma Without Questions Isn’t Dharma
Something that makes us a little uncomfortable is needed, so that we can question our reactions. We can’t do this in a religion as they’re made to feel comfy, and nobody asks real questions – we just have to accept.
The Dharma without questions isn’t Dharma;
it’s intellectualisation and belief.
It’s entertainment.
If we only want to hear ‘special’ words that we can repeat, then those special words are meaningless, and we have no empathetic understanding. Dharma is our reality now, beyond words.
If we’re just collecting answers/words, we are merely boosting ego, using Dharma for personal gain and fame. When we try to fool others, we are only fooling ourselves.
There are levels of understanding the same statement, and something that may be useful to one may be detrimental to another, and vice versa. As an example: the negative emotions are considered to be poisons and most of us cover them up, while for others, they are seen as wisdom.
We need to be clear receptors. We each have a personal path to enlightenment – our ultimate reality – and that path is our individual set of confusions/questions that we have to resolve. Learning about someone else’s path – even that of a Buddha – is not our path.
The sooner find our path, the sooner we arrive.
Any questions?
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This doesn’t mean there is an answer.
It’s the gap in the question that is the answer.