When the mind is not burning that is enlightenment

Blog Title:- When the mind is not burning that is enlightenment

Blog Link:- http://prashantadvait.wordpress.com/2014/12/12/when-the-mind-is-not-burning-that-is-enlightenment/

▪Learning:
🔹A mind caught in its own small affairs can never be large enough to help others.

🔹Enlightenment is no special achievement. Buddha gave it just the right name-निर्वाण.
निर्वाण means ‘the fire is no more’.

🔹We are all burning. Man is constantly living in a house on fire i.e. world.

🔹Do we see that we are constantly restless, ambitious, afraid, hopeful, insecure, and cunning? That is the fire in which the mind is burning.

🔹When the mind is not burning, that is enlightenment.

▪Reflection:
Simplest definition possible. The mind is cunning enough to project enlightenment as a far-fetched thing that is very much difficult to attain. This is more like its defence mechanism to ensure that it's existence is not lost. The burning is the fuel that keeps the mind going.

The irony is that ultimately the mind too is looking out to be at peace but somehow is not able to go beyond this burning. It will require a Guru, Grace to make the mind understand that burning is not its destiny and being at rest is simply blissful. The only thing the mind can do is to Pray.