Seeker: “Teach me the way to liberation.” Zen master: “Who binds you?” Seeker: “No one binds me.” Zen master: “Then why seek liberation?”
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The desire to travel can be motivated by a variety of desires. To see the world. To push our boundaries.
Perhaps to gain the ultimate truth: enlightenment.
But what is enlightenment? And how would we know it if we found it? For me, I’ve found a valuable guide in Zen Buddhism.