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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kalyanamithra" data-source="post: 2315259" data-attributes="member: 99586">It may seem a good idea (at first glance) to think that "till I can achieve nibbana I should lead a life which is good and helpful". Yes, it is because of our ignorance.Let's consider the following (It's not an example of mine). Have you seen dreams in which we undergo things we do not like; desperately without no control on how they go on? See how selfless our mind is! Can we expect to have control (without making use of Dhamma) even at the time of death? So is it reasonable for us to expect to lead a good and helpful life throughout the Samsara? I think we tend to wish like that (i.e. being good and helpful till we attain Nibbana) because of the partial truth we have heard about Bodhisathvas. Bodhisathvas are exceptional beings trying to seek and end to suffering owing to pure compassion towards the world. As they are not Arya Shrawakas, they have to undergo sufferings (e.g. in Niraya) like other beings. Sammasambuddha Gautama never advocated going in the samsara like that (One can verify this easily by examine the Suttas). Why? because of compassion... How can a person filled with compassion ask another to try to find the Path when it's already known? Person seeing the danger/peril of samsaraic existence will not postpone the attempt to Nibabna. As revealed in Ajitha Sutta (Parayanaya Vagga) Avijja we are covered with is not visible because of Pamada (neligence/ reluctance to practice Dhamma) and Vevichcha (avarice/ greed for material wealth) (veviccha, pamada nappakasati). [Deshana on it by Ven. Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero: <a href="http://www.gautamabuddha.org/downloads/mp3/5/5.6_Ajetha_Sutta%20.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.gautamabuddha.org/downloads/mp3/5/5.6_Ajetha_Sutta%20.mp3</a> ]See how true it is? It's not a wonder that most of us do not feel like pursuing Dhamma even when Dhamma is available in our own language! Why are we reluctant to pursue Dhamma? We are afraid that we will loose the interest (rather 'greed') on materialistic world! A person aware of Dhamma will not worry about that. One may live with pleasures of lay life till he/she reaches the Non-returner (Anagami) state... The person would escape from most of the suffering even if he/she can cheive Stream-enter (Sothapaththi) state.Should we loose the rare chance we've got because of Pamada and Vevichcha like we may have done throughout our samsaraic existence?Theruwan saranai!</blockquote>

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