The Realms of Existence
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Chapter 137
But Because There is an Unborn, Unbecome, Unmade, Unconditioned
Read Chapter 137 of The Realms of Existence: But Because There is an Unborn, Unbecome, Unmade, Unconditioned.
There is, Monks, an unborn, unbecome, unmade, unconditioned. If there were not that unborn, unbecome, unmade, unconditioned, there would not be the case that escape from the born, become, made, conditioned would be identified. But precisely because there is an unborn, unbecome, unmade, unconditioned, escape from the born, become, made, conditioned is thus identified.
The born, become, produced, made, conditioned, impermanent, conditioned of aging-and-death, a nest of illnesses, perishing, come‑into‑being through nourishment and the guide [that is craving] — is unfit for excitement.
The escape from that is peaceful, permanent, a sphere beyond conjecture, unborn, unproduced, the sorrowless, stainless state, the elimination of stressful qualities, stilling‑of‑fabrications and completely peaceful.
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There is, Monks, an unborn, unbecome, unmade, unconditioned.
If, Monks, there were no unborn, unbecome, unmade, unconditioned, no escape would be discerned from what is born, become, made, conditioned.
But because there is an unborn, unbecome, unmade, unconditioned, therefore an escape is identified from what is born, become, made, conditioned.
(Reference: ITI 43)
In this Teaching from Gotama Buddha, he shares that the escape from conditioned experiences is to attain Enlightenment where the mind will be “unconditioned”, “peaceful” and in the “permanent” mental state of Enlightenment which is “sorrowless” and has “elimination of stressful qualities” “completely peaceful”.
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