Tricycle Daily Dharma June 12, 2013

Not About Being Good Just as Buddhist shila [ethical conduct] refers not to some imaginary static state of virtue but to an ongoing test of volition, so too is this true of enlightenment. Since there is no abiding personhood in any of us, rather than speaking of an enlightened person, let’s speak of enlightened conduct. - Bodhin Kjolhede, "Pain, Passion, and the Precepts"