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**agolutuaddiff** · 01-14-2012, 09:55 PM

One could simply ask, that if no-self, no attachment, and impermanence prevail then what is it that becomes enlightened?

We practice both Samatha and Vipassana at mind. So, the mind is enlightened.

Upon enlightenment, the mind drops attachment in five aggregates (including the mind itself). The enlightened one, who is alive, has to stay with five aggregates but have no attachment in them. (So, he/she can think, and does not stop thinking. But his/her thinking is not due to desire/attachment.) He/she could still be painful at his/her body and will die, but will not have suffer at mind. He/she will use his/her five aggregates in the rest of life for benefits of the other people due to his/her wisdon, not due to desire/attachment.

01-14-2012, 09:55 PM	#26
agolutuaddiff Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 422 Senior Member	One could simply ask, that if no-self, no attachment, and impermanence prevail then what is it that becomes enlightened? We practice both Samatha and Vipassana at mind. So, the mind is enlightened. Upon enlightenment, the mind drops attachment in five aggregates (including the mind itself). The enlightened one, who is alive, has to stay with five aggregates but have no attachment in them. (So, he/she can think, and does not stop thinking. But his/her thinking is not due to desire/attachment.) He/she could still be painful at his/her body and will die, but will not have suffer at mind. He/she will use his/her five aggregates in the rest of life for benefits of the other people due to his/her wisdon, not due to desire/attachment.
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