A Roof Without Pillars

PAGE TWO

Page two completes the reference to the 'Dispensation' of penetrating the Noble Truths with the phrase Craving for existence has been cut off; the tendency to existence has been destroyed.  I find this aspect, non-returning to existence, the end of fabrication, nibbana, the pure abodes, to be quite odd.  I've always taken it with a grain of doubt, but with enough faith to consider my lack of perspective which binds me to the idea of an eternal soul. 

Page two continues with 'What needs to be fully realized', mainly, the four noble truths (in this case pillars) before one can put an end to suffering (in this case the roof).   How often it is the case that I am restless and arrogant and pout and whine for a special effect without laying down any cause.  I have found (or should I say I have been found) that insight comes about through the conditions of effort, all by itself. 

I look(ed) forward to the Buddha's support and wise prescriptions in the upcoming pages to lay firmly the pillars of the Truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.