Day 40 of 365: Wandering in Samsara

Nagarjuna takes a look at bondage and liberation next.  This forces us to take a look at how we further solidify the predicament of our confusion by believing that we are trapped in our confusion and that we can attain some sort of liberation.  To undercut this, he takes a closer look at the idea that we are wandering in samsara.  If there were a self wandering in samsara, that self would have to be impermanent or permanent.  If the self were impermanent, that would mean it is constantly changing, so what is it that would be wandering?  If the self were permanent, then you would have an unchanging self wandering in a constantly changing samsaric existence.  Clearly this is not the case either.  By looking for a moment, we can see that we are constantly changing.  So, there is nothing singular, lasting, and permanent wandering in samsara.  Maybe we can just drop the ruck sack of our concepts for a moment and enjoy the world beyond bondage and liberation--open, spacious, and relaxed.