Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte brings us around to our final podcast on the Five Buddha Mandala. In Have We Really Arrived?. Kamalashila brings it all right back into this present moment.

From the talk Absorption and#8211; After the Enlightenment.

How do you get used to being Enlightened? What happened to the Buddha in the weeks after his breakthrough experience? Kamalasila explores these questions in two ways and#8211; using the framework of the system of meditation to shed light on the process that unfolded in the Bodhisattvaand#8217;s mind and body as Enlightenment dawned; and connecting us imaginatively with the symbolism and image of Muchalinda, the great serpent, coiling his body protectively round the meditating Buddha.