What
Deficiencies actually defines a Fool?
A certain bhikkhu once asked the
Blessed Buddha:
Venerable Sir, it is said: A simple fool, a simple fool...
In what way, Venerable Sir, can one rightly be called a simple fool?
Bhikkhu, it is because one has neither developed, nor
ever cultivated these
7 Links to Awakening that one rightly is called a simple
fool...
What seven?
1:
The Awareness
Link to
Awakening.
2:
The
Investigation Link to Awakening.
3:
The Energy
Link to
Awakening.
4:
The Joy Link
to Awakening.
5:
The Tranquillity to Awakening.
6:
The
Concentration
Link to
Awakening.
7:
The
Equanimity Link
to Awakening.
It is because one has neither
developed, nor ever cultivated these
7 Factors of Enlightenment that one rightly is called a
simple fool...
Fools by Michael Kvium
