What
is Enlightenment?
Enlightenment is also called the
Awakening of Wisdom. In our Dafa it is called the Unlocking of Gong; that is,
one has reached Consummation through cultivation, finished the entire course of
cultivation, and is about to go to a heavenly paradise.
What is the
state of a person after he has reached Enlightenment? One who has succeeded in
cultivating Buddhahood will become a Buddha; one who has succeeded in
cultivating Bodhisattvahood will become a Bodhisattva; one who has succeeded in
cultivating Arhatship will become an Arhat; one who cultivates the Dao will
attain the Dao; and one who has succeeded in cultivating Godhood will already be
a God. Because after reaching Consummation some enlightened persons still have
something to do in the society of everyday people or some wishes to fulfill,
they need to live among everyday people for a period of time. But living like
that among everyday people is hard for them. Because they are far too different
from everyday people in their realm of thought, they are able to detect clearly
all the bad thoughts in the minds of everyday people, including their strong
attachments, selfishness, dirtiness, and scheming against others. Also, they can
simultaneously detect the slightest mind activities of thousands of people.
Furthermore, karma and viruses are everywhere in the society of everyday people;
there are also many other bad things floating in the air, unknown to human
beings. They can see all of these clearly. The karma in the present human
society of Last Havoc is enormous. While breathing, people inhale large amounts
of karma, viruses, and poisonous gases. It is indeed very difficult for them to
stay in this ordinary human world.
So what are
they like? This is what those students who are attached to this matter try to
figure out. Don’t try to figure out whether this person seems to be
enlightened or that person looks like someone who has reached Consummation. You
should put your mind to diligently and truly cultivating and reach Consummation
sooner. Why look at others? As a matter of fact, those people who have
enlightened are often disciples who don’t show themselves off but who quietly
and truly cultivate. They are of different ages and look no different from
everyday people. It is very likely that they don’t attract much attention.
Although they have all the divine powers, transformation, they find that human
beings actually look like tiny, low beings who don’t deserve to be shown these
things. Moreover, human beings would develop various petty human understandings
and thoughts if they were to see these things, treating them with the human
attachment of zealotry; enlightened persons cannot stand this. It is difficult
for everyday people to understand wherein lies the true significance of the
inner meaning of Buddha Fa divine powers.
At present,
some students who care about too many things other than being diligent in
cultivation are searching everywhere for people who have become enlightened and
so on. Think about it, everyone: Enlightened persons are already Buddhas and
possess everything a Buddha should have. How could they casually allow people to
know about them? How could humans know about Buddhas? When you are searching
everywhere for them, your attachments, competitiveness, curiosity, desire to
show off and your being meddlesome, combined with the attachment of pursuit, are
at the same time interfering with students’ peaceful cultivation. So do you
know how they feel about this? Every intentional human act or thought makes them
feel uncomfortable!
Because some
students have come from very high dimensions to obtain the Fa, they will become
Enlightened very soon. The two-year time for cultivation practice that I
mentioned was for these disciples. But all of our Dafa disciples have indeed
made rapid progress in true cultivation. Many of them will soon become
Enlightened, which used to be beyond the imagination of cultivators. I hope
everyone will maintain a peaceful mind and make continual progress with
perseverance. As each person reaches Consummation, I will receive and deliver
each.
Li Hongzhi
September 26, 1996
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