The Perfection of Renunciation
The Commentary to the “Basket of Conduct” defines the perfection of renunciation as follows:
“Renunciation (nekkhamma) has the characteristic of departing from sense
pleasures and existence;
its function is to verify the unsatisfactoriness they involve;
its manifestation is the withdrawal from them;
a sense of spiritual urgency (sanvega) is its proximate cause.”
Topic 279
17 Nov 2014