The freedom which accompanies the awakening of Pristine Awareness is often mistaken for asceticism. But the ascetic is a spiritual athlete tying him or her self to a mental image, and successful asceticism is an achievement.
Of itself Pristine Awareness is free from the busyness of achievement, and the categories of freedom peculiar to Enlightenment must remain unknown to the athletes of asceticism.
The case of Niu-t'ou Fa-yung (d.657) is instructive in this regard.
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