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**igs00r** · 02-17-2011, 01:56 AM

What does "immortal potential" mean

As I understand it, from my Tibetan days, the sentient being migrates in the round of samsara until it gains a precious human birth. Even then it must have generated enough merit to encounter Buddhist teachings. This potential exists, as we have all been swimming in samsara's strudel since beginningless time.

- and how can the potential (and fruition) for reaching enlightenment exist in the mind of an ant or a fish? It can't happen as an ant or fish but as a turtle may surface on a great ocean once every million years and by karmic fate place its neck into a hoop (the only one in the mighty ocean btw) a sentient being may attain a precious human re-birth.

So, I think we can all agree on that right?

I'm outta here now...

02-17-2011, 01:56 AM	#4
igs00r Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 601 Senior Member	What does "immortal potential" mean As I understand it, from my Tibetan days, the sentient being migrates in the round of samsara until it gains a precious human birth. Even then it must have generated enough merit to encounter Buddhist teachings. This potential exists, as we have all been swimming in samsara's strudel since beginningless time. - and how can the potential (and fruition) for reaching enlightenment exist in the mind of an ant or a fish? It can't happen as an ant or fish but as a turtle may surface on a great ocean once every million years and by karmic fate place its neck into a hoop (the only one in the mighty ocean btw) a sentient being may attain a precious human re-birth. So, I think we can all agree on that right? I'm outta here now...
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