Withdrawal and Engagement On Bodhisattva Path
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Nibida: A Sedentified Dignified Detox
It's not a kind of running away from the world and I think that's crucial to remember. We're withdrawing because we've literally seen through the fact that conditioned existence can never satisfy us spiritually. Bikubodi describes Nibida as a serene, dignified withdrawal from phenomena which supervines when illusion of their permanence, pleasure and selfhood has been shattered by the light of correct knowledge and vision of things as they are. So basically what that's seen is it's a serene dignified withdrawalbecause we have seen through the limitations of conditioned existence.
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