tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post1378036560310629758..comments2024-03-27T14:35:59.406-07:00Comments on The Outsider: On Desiring Non-DesirePaññobhāsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14148206217028034038noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post-54706699203166002852023-01-25T08:02:35.844-08:002023-01-25T08:02:35.844-08:00https://i.imgflip.com/78qcfj.jpghttps://i.imgflip.com/78qcfj.jpgYou're ok Panno - should have been called Bhavanirodhonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post-45667161414180641262023-01-25T05:10:11.280-08:002023-01-25T05:10:11.280-08:00This exact question and its variations were even a...This exact question and its variations were even asked during the Buddha's time and it is well answered in SN51.15 and AN 4.159. You desire Awakening, then when you are going to reach it, you no longer desire it because you have it. Desire for Awakening is last or one of the last desires to be overcome. Not all desires are equally unwholesome. You let go of worst ones, then less blameworthy and so eventually you let go of even the highest desire, desire for awakening. Furthermore, you can even use conceit up to a certain point. You feel jealous that such-and-such is Awakened, ("why can't I reach what s/he can? Why am I worse?") you practice and when you reach Awakening yourself, you drop it as well. <br /><br />It is a gradual path when as you step on a higher step, you let go of the previous one. One by one...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com