dhamma follower wrote:tiltbillings wrote:
- This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
Fortunately the Buddha does not agree with your passive approach to awakening:
- Dhammapada: 23. The wise ones, ever meditative and steadfastly persevering, alone experience Nibbana, the incomparable freedom from bondage.
You have quoted many of the Buddha's words exhorting people to be steadfast in their quest for deliverance.
It is far more than being steadfast in what the Buddha was saying. He was clearly pointing to our actions, our choices, as being of significance in our putting his teachings into practice.
However, when the Buddha said things like this, IMO, it doesn't mean that now it is volition and effort rather than understanding which lead the path.
You opinion simply ignores what the Buddha clearly said:
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38. Understanding is grounded in our actions. Our actions/kamma express and cultivate our understanding.
His words are like reminder which condition a sense of urgency, which can condition other moments of sati-sampajana.
Why do we need a sense of urgency if there is, according to you, nothing we can actually do to actualize the Buddha's teachings?
All his teachings must be in conformity with each other.
Following your point of view, there is no conformity in the Buddha's teachings.