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SHORE, THE OTHER
A symbol of the buddhic or buddhi-mental plane,
including a devachanic or nirvanic, state of consciousness.
"Few there are among men who arrive at the other shore (become
Arhats); the other people here run up and down the shore. But those
who, when the Law has been well preached to them, follow the Law,
will pass across the dominion of death, however difficult to
overcome." - Dhammapada, Ch. VI. 85, 86. (Foot-note by Max Müller:
"The other shore' is meant for Nirvana, this shore' for common
life.")
Few of the mental qualities or souls have passed on to the higher
planes; most are engaged in the activities of the lower planes,
going to, and returning from the physical life. But when the Divine
Law is understood and followed, then the souls are purified and they
pass from death to life everlasting.
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ARHATS
DEVACHAN
DHARMA
HIKOBOSHI
NIRVANA
RAFT
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