心解脱者の対人観
The interpersonal view of a mind-liberated person
2025-09-09
A person who has accumulated merit and brought about the cessation of this name (Nama) is called one who is liberated in mind.
Mental liberation, in principle, arises when a person who has completed contemplation (= śamatha-vipaśyanā) encounters the condition for awakening.
Moreover, engaging with a KOAN may sometimes serve as a helpful impetus for completing contemplation.
Now then, how does one who is liberated in mind view the world?
Such a person has already brought about the cessation of this name (Nama) and has become one who no longer suffers from worldly vexations. But what does this specifically mean?
To state the conclusion first, the essential characteristic of one who is liberated in mind is expressed most directly in his or her view of human relationships.
For worldly suffering arises from none other than human relationships.
Therefore, the absence of suffering caused by human relationships means, in short, that such a person has become gentle and compassionate in relation to others.
Of course, this does not mean that such a person simply yields to the will of others.
One who is liberated in mind possesses the ultimate possible answer concerning the world, and while responding firmly to everyone without exception, performs acts of kindness more than anyone else in the world.
And in order to respond with such completeness, when he seeks to know information about the other person, and happens to obtain it, he will respond without the slightest delay.
In this way, one who is liberated in mind transcends the sufferings of the world and abides in a state of peace.
Those who wish to know its meaning would do well to engage in contemplation (= śamatha-vipaśyanā), or perhaps to take up a KOAN.
When one discerns the truth of people and of the world therein, one will not only grasp what it means for a person to be liberated in mind, but also draw significantly closer to mental liberation oneself.
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