Scholastica Hicks, Rev. Master

We can think of the Buddha’s Truth as enlightenment. It is as simple as that. And when we come across the word enlightenment, what comes to mind? What comes to your mind? What comes to my mind is that if I wish to make the Buddha’s Truth one with myself, then it stands to reason, doesn’t it, that I need to make enlightenment one with myself.

A major reminder that has been very helpful to me, in looking at practicing enlightenment in my daily life, are the numerous short verses that we have in our tradition. And I have come to think of these as ‘verses of enlightenment’.

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