Observing the mind as the playground
of impermanence, look beyond the narrow field
of here and now and see to it
that one is vigilant enough to peer through
the luminous emptiness of death.
Those who lack this understanding of impermanence
do not succeed in being of the highest
standard of perfection, which is Nirvana.
Meditating earnestly on the freedom
of a disciplined life that is the harmony
which emanates from one's Dharma,
one will attain much spiritual strength
and become as untouchable and undisturbed
as the island of the Awakened Ones.
Those who have no experience
of the type of happiness that is of
a superior mode of being
let go of their vigilant pursuit
of meditative stability and again return to
the backwards and repressive ways of the world.
Climbing through the progressive
levels of Samadhi,
the dedication that is the result
of wisdom and temperance
permits the wise to look upon
the world's suffering as being as insignificant
as the turning of a leaf upon the ground.
Leaving the world and its customs
behind for the glories of Nirvana,
the wise race through this temporal existence,
burning away the slumbering condition of the world's dormant populations.
Nearing the peaks of Nirvana
through constant dedicated effort alone,
the vigilance of the Dharma is the vigilance of the Adept's mind.
Never looking back on what once was,
the backwards and repressive ways of the world
leave such Awakened Ones once and for all.
of impermanence, look beyond the narrow field
of here and now and see to it
that one is vigilant enough to peer through
the luminous emptiness of death.
Those who lack this understanding of impermanence
do not succeed in being of the highest
standard of perfection, which is Nirvana.
Meditating earnestly on the freedom
of a disciplined life that is the harmony
which emanates from one's Dharma,
one will attain much spiritual strength
and become as untouchable and undisturbed
as the island of the Awakened Ones.
Those who have no experience
of the type of happiness that is of
a superior mode of being
let go of their vigilant pursuit
of meditative stability and again return to
the backwards and repressive ways of the world.
Climbing through the progressive
levels of Samadhi,
the dedication that is the result
of wisdom and temperance
permits the wise to look upon
the world's suffering as being as insignificant
as the turning of a leaf upon the ground.
Leaving the world and its customs
behind for the glories of Nirvana,
the wise race through this temporal existence,
burning away the slumbering condition of the world's dormant populations.
Nearing the peaks of Nirvana
through constant dedicated effort alone,
the vigilance of the Dharma is the vigilance of the Adept's mind.
Never looking back on what once was,
the backwards and repressive ways of the world
leave such Awakened Ones once and for all.
By Julian Colgan (Copyright)
Awake to Buddhahood
http://emptinessofmind.blogspot.ca/2012/11/dhammapada-vigilance.html?view=flipcard
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