A critical question in the context of Buddhist study and practice seems to me to be: what does it mean for a human being to be perfect? Even, is perfection possible? You might put it differently, asking, for instance, what does it mean to attain awakening or liberation? Even so, we are talking about the most exalted level of human possibility. How exalted is this?
Spiritual traditions, including Buddhism, appear to offer the possibility of a kind of human transformation at the end of which we will supposedly feel complete, fulfilled, free, and joyful. But is it really possible to reach some kind of condition where we no longer suffer, where we no longer have weaknesses, where we no longer feel burdened by problems, and in which we feel always content, free of worries, anxieties, and fears?
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