The "problem" with this post is that now any tricky ego on FFL can hijack this *new* definition of enlightenment and run with it because of course it sees all beings as enlightened ON THE DEEPEST LEVEL lol (-:
From: "anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 8:43 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] All Beings Enlightened One of the things mentioned about Buddha's enlightenment is that at that moment he said that 'all beings were simultaneously enlightened with his awakening'. The phrase is translated in different ways but they all basically say the same thing, that with awakening all beings were perceived as enlightened. 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