THE STRIKING DISCOVERY OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT..

This process of repeated existence does not have to continue. It hinges upon a single underlying root. That root is ignorance. The most striking discovery of the enlightenment of the Buddha is that ignorance can be eradicated. It is possible to generate knowledge and understanding of the true nature of phenomena, a knowledge that sees phenomena as they really are. By arousing this knowledge of wisdom, ignorance can be eradicated. With the cessation of ignorance, volitional formations come to an end. Thus comes the cessation of consciousness. With the cessation of consciousness there is no mentality-materiality; with the cessation of mentality-materiality there are no more sense faculties, no more contact, no more feeling. When there is no feeling, there is no more craving and clinging, no more accumulation of kamma, no birth; with the end of birth there is no more ageing and death. That is the cessation of suffering.

Back to Dependant Arising Practical Implementation of the Theory of Dependent Arising >