Conversation with Pi: The Unborn

Kenneth Leong
11 min readApr 5, 2024

Ensō. (2024, February 4). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ens%C5%8D

Ken: Why is Nirvana also called the Unborn, Uncaused, and Unconditioned?

Pi: The Buddha used these terms to describe nirvana because he wanted to emphasize that nirvana is not something that is created or produced. It’s not a state that can be attained through any kind of cause or condition. It’s an…

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Kenneth Leong

Author, Zen teacher, scientific mystic, professor, photographer, philosopher, social commentator, socially engaged human