The Lankavatara Sutra trans. Red Pine, Ch. 3, Pt. 17 (Sec. 74)

This video contains an unabridged section from the volume "The Lankavatara Sutra: A Zen Text", Translation and Commentary by Red Pine, published by Counterpoint, Berkeley, California, 2012.
The reciter of the verses is Kokuu Andy McLellan. Audio editing was assisted by Bodhi (Revanth) and Venerable Fachin.
Many thanks to Red Pine (the pen name of Bill Porter) for giving us permission to undertake this project!

[@Gpenguin01]

Whoa! This is a great and beautiful passage in all of Mahayana sutras. So beautiful and succinct. 🙏 Nirvana is not a destination. It is a state of statelessness - or is it a stateless state of statelessness? 😂 Thank you, John, for another great reading! 🙏

[@namoamidabuts]

It makes me happy to know that you have an appreciation of this sutra. Thank you for sharing your feedback and insights. 🙏

[@vladimirnachev324]

I see it as this that if there is the view of something which becomes and is subject to becoming there is longing for such and such a becoming and displeasure with the current state because if there is longing one cannot be possibly content!

[@namoamidabuts]

Thank you for sharing your perspective.

[@vladimirnachev324]

By having a conception of liberationand bondage living being become distrought when such is not manifested for them as an object

[@namoamidabuts]

Good point.