These five faculties are relatively feeble in him: the faculties of faith and wisdom. Because of the feebleness of these five faculties, with the breakup of the body, he attains Nibbana without volitional exertion. This is how a person, with the breakup of the body, attains Nibbāna without volitional exertion. “These, monks, are the four kinds of persons found existing in the world.” – AN 4:169; II 155-56
Some fruits ripen fast.
Some ripen slowly.
Still, they ripen.
The heart is like that.
This teaching reminds us that the path does not always end in a final act of striving.
Faith may be weak.
Wisdom may be weak.
The faculties may still be faint.
Still, causes keep unfolding.
Do not measure the Dhamma by appearances.
A tree does not shout when it grows.
Water wears down stone, little by little.
In the same way, the heart may turn toward freedom quietly.
The real practice is where the mind meets the world.
When liking arises, know it.
When disliking arises, know it.
When there is grasping, see it.
Then let it pass.
Nibbāna is not made by self.
It is not reached by pride.
It is not something to boast about.
Conditions come together.
Clinging grows thin.
The burden slips away.
What is left to carry?
That is the quiet path.
No noise.
No claiming.
Just the ending of burden.