Re: MD What its like to be enlightened

[Thracian Bard]

Dear Colleagues,   ZEN7...'s Writes:   I can see that you are only speculating on what it might be like to be enlightened; and anyway, Buddhas aren't supposed to brag.   In response, allow me to offer another theory: The fact that Bodhisattvas do not choose to define "enlightenment"  may be that to name it is to limit it, rather than a self-imposed restriction on bragging. This "naming" is the same trap that organized religion tends to fall into when it attempts to define "God" .   In the words of Joshu (As I do not remember the translator's name, I must respectfully omit his/her credit), " A clay Buddha won't pass through water; an iron Buddha won't pass through a furnace; a wooden Buddha won't pass through a fire."   The Bard