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Kenneth Folk on Bill Hamilton

Buddhist Geeks

CHAPTER

The Buddha's Enlightenment Solved His Problem

The Buddha's enlightenment solved his problem. It didn't do anything for you, he says. Implication is that if you want to solve your problem vis a vis awakening, you're going to have to work for it. When I asked Bill why people seem to be going to these long retreats every year, the three month year end retreat at Insight Meditation Society,. Some people would go year after year and they were regulars. And yet by their own testimony, they had not yet reached some of the important early landmarks on the progress of insights.

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