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goes into the battle he will be killed. You have to be authentically moral. 'Authentically moral' means that you have to be moral from within. Those false faces learned from the outside won't help. You will remain hollow inside. And you have to move step by step. You cannot jump steps. otherwise those missing gaps will become dangerous.
That's why I talk about these eight steps, this eightfold path. This sutra is meaningful only if you understand these eight steps. 'Coming home' means SAMADHI. That means you have come to the very center of existence.
Let me read it again.
THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE WAY ARE LIKE UNTO WARRIORS
WHO FIGHT SINGLE-HANDED WITH A MULTITUDE OF FOES.
Foes are many, and you are alone. So you have to be perfectly ready, otherwise you will miss the goal.
THEY MAY ALL GO OUT OF THE FORT IN FULL ARMOR; BUT
AMONG THEM ARE SOME WHO ARE FAINT-HEARTED...
If you have not lived the right view, right intention, right speech, you will remain faint-hearted. You will remain very weak, a weakling. You will remain impotent.
... AND SOME WHO GO HALFWAY AND BEAT A RETREAT...
If you have not practiced right morality and right livelihood, this is going to happen: you will come half the way. You will be a runner, an escapist.... AND SOME WHO ARE KILLED IN THE AFFRAY...
Some go full-heartedly but are killed. If you have not practiced right effort and right mindfulness, this is going to happen. But there are only a few... WHO COME HOME VICTORIOUS. If you have practiced all the seven steps you will come home victorious, you will attain to SAMADHI.
... YOU SHOULD STEADILY WALK IN YOUR WAY, WITH A RESOLUTE HEART, WITH COURAGE, AND SHOULD BE FEARLESS IN WHATEVER ENVIRONMENT YOU MAY HAPPEN TO BE, AND DESTROY EVERY EVIL INFLUENCE THAT YOU MAY COME ACROSS; FOR THUS YOU SHALL REACH THE GOAL.
The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol 4
Chapter #2
Chapter title: Rich man's guru, poor man's guru
1 November 1976 am in Buddha Hall
Archive code: 7611010
ShortTitle: TRANS402
Audio: Yes
Video: No
Length: 82 mins
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