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dhamma (Skt. dharma): (1) event, phenomenon; (2) mental quality; (3) teaching; (4) nibbana

A Master once described the journey to enlightenment as ‘like filling a sieve with water’. When a woman questioned this Master on his meaning, he gave her a sieve and a cup, and they went to the sea, where he asked her to fill the sieve with water. She poured a cupful of water into the sieve . It was instantly gone . ‘Spiritual practice is the same,’ the Master explained, ‘if we stand on the rock of I, and try to ladle the divine realization in. That’s not the way to fill the sieve with water, nor the self with divine life.’ He took the sieve and threw it into the sea, where it sank. ‘Now it’s full of water, and will remain so. That’s spiritual practice. It is not ladling cupfuls into the individuality, but becoming totally immersed in the sea of divine life.’

Total Immersion

(Unknown, from the book 1001 Pearls of Buddhist Wisdom)

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I've been a Theravadan practitioner for around 10 years. Before that, I focused on Ch'an/Zen as a religion major in university. Currently I am a student at NYZCCC in the foundations of Buddhist contemplative care program.

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