The Buddhist pilgrimage

Home edition

Note: The Home Edition is a stripped down, slowed down, softened, sweetened and expediently camouflaged version of the Professional Edition.

The supreme goal: Eliminate the pain of dying ( = living) (@ your % and speed).

The means: Dissociate (@ your need % and speed) from the pain of the causes of dying ( = living).

1^st Phase

Virtual procedure 1: Awaken (@ your need % and speed) to the causes of death.

Virtual procedure 2: Awaken (@% + sp) to the ending of the causes of death.

The virtual outcome: Awaken (@% + sp) to the possibility of attaining the deathless.

The goal achieved virtually: Total (@% + sp) acceptance of the goal of deathlessness (i.e. nibbana) and the means to it.

The reward: No mental dukkha (i.e. unpleasantness, pain, suffering and so on).

2^nd Phase

The actual procedure: Actually dissociate (@your need % and speed) from the causes of death.

The actual initial goal: Attain (@% + sp) actual indifference to death.

The actual final goal, i.e. the sanctuary: Actual deathlessness (i.e. pari-nibbana).

The reward: Unknown, possibly none.

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