Dharma HallVolume XThe Thirty-Seven Factors of Awakening

Diamond Blade Cutting Paper

Using the 37 factors to lose weight — you've learned observation, action, persistence. But stopping there is using a diamond blade to cut paper. The full power lies in the transcendent — liberating from afflictions, transcending birth and death. Optimizing worldly goals is only the shallowest layer. Like a supercomputer: you CAN play games on it, but it was designed to model the universe.