The Materialist Mistake

Chenrezig, The Buddha of Compassion

This is a weird, subtle point that I have never seen any Buddhist teacher make. It’s just me intellectualizing as usual. No one can think their way to awakening, but I know I could think my way out of awakening. I really can’t bring myself to undertake any action that makes no sense to me.

Ultimately, awakening fully can never really make sense to anyone who is not awakened. That’s just a Buddhist paradox. Awakening…