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Ep 5, Stairway to Heaven, The Buddha's Version - Part 1 (Sections 4,5)
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Ep 5, Stairway to Heaven, The Buddha's Version - Part 1 (Sections 4,5)

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These two sections, 4 and 5, bring out the emphasis on attaining Perfection or Buddha Nature by effort - through the practice of Ethics.

Does the effort of ethics to reach Nirvana and other metaphysical states of non-knowing, of nothingness, trap the seeker into a permanent struggle to achieve this elusive state?  

Put another way, is effort itself delusional that distracts the seeker away from his first-hand subjective experience towards their own transcendence? 



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