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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kalyanamithra" data-source="post: 2865980" data-attributes="member: 99586">Pinwath mithurani,Yes <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy    :)" data-shortname=":)" /> it is through developing Chandha (desire), Chittha (intention), Viriya (endeavor) and Vimansa (examining with mind) to Attain Nibbana; to follow the Path that one ends all desires... How could one change the current status; and break away from the samsara without a desire to do so? an intention to do so? an endeavor to do so? without investigating/examining how to do so?A contradiction in Dhamma? No, although one may feel so at first glance... Consider these examples...1.)There's a crown prince who yerns to be the king; he does every thing to achieve this goal... endeavors in every way to achieve it...And one day he becomes the king...What will happen to the desire he had to be the king? the intention he had to be the king? the endeavor he had to be the king? etc.He will no longer have them; because what gave rise to this desire, intention, endeavor will no longer be in him...2.)There's a knowledgeable monk residing near top of a hill... A person hears of him and decides to meet him to get some problems clarified... Because of the desire, the strong intention, the endeavor, etc. he somehow complete the trek and reaches the monk's abode; meets the monk... What will happen at this point to the desire? intention? etc he had...This is why using Dhamma to escape from Samsara is paralleled to crossing a river with a raft... A person uses it to cross the river; and lets it go once he reaches the other side. He who crossed the river won't/shouldn't cling to that raft...So having desire to escape from the samsara is good... the desire will cease to exsit at proper time, if we follow the proper Path...[These examples were adapted from similar instances mentioned in the Suttas]Theruwan saranai!</blockquote>

Verification: Nawa warak dahaya keeyada? (Namaya wadi kireema dahaya)

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