Original enlightenment: awakening is not produced by practice — it is obscured, like the sun behind clouds. Zhiyi’s Six Stages of Identity map the difference. Part II of IV — The Nature of What We Are — from The Awakened State by William Altig.

Lotus Sutra practice, Tiantai teachings, and Buddhist wisdom for modern readers.

Original enlightenment: awakening is not produced by practice — it is obscured, like the sun behind clouds. Zhiyi’s Six Stages of Identity map the difference. Part II of IV — The Nature of What We Are — from The Awakened State by William Altig.
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