I want to get enlightened: Ajahn Brahm

Ajahn Brahm, BSV Talks, 5/29/21; Amber Larson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Ajahn Brahm: I want to get enlightened

(BSV Dhamma Talks) For thousands of years lots of people have been yearning to get enlightened and are practicing hard to be enlightened.

They are practicing very diligently, doing regularly many hours of meditation and listening to lots of Dhamma (Dharma) talks and still want to enjoy the comforts of life.

This is more about heart (citta) than head.

Some are following monastics who are “purported” to be enlightened! They think them very wise for having gotten rid of their “self.”

• [There is a very harmful delusion of a separate self, a self apart from the Five Aggregates clung to as self, that was explained by the Buddha as being ultimately impersonal, not-self, anatta. All things are impermanent, disappointing, and impersonal. Realizing this directly leads to awakening.]

Mindfulness, Bliss, Beyond

They would like to help people but thinking that they don’t have sufficient means to do so, as they have to keep some for themselves and family to maintain their comfortable lifestyle.

Yet, we can see that they often portrayed actions of conceit, ill will, greed, and anger, and so on. But what does it mean to be an enlightened being?

Are there several levels of enlightenment that laypeople may aspire to? What is/are the path(s) and signposts along the Dhamma path signaling that we are on the right path to enlightenment eventually one day in this life or in some future rebirth?

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