Stephen Batchelor paraphrase by BClarck

"The concepts of liberation, awakening, enlightenment, etc, are often used synonymously, but they are not. I like the way Stephen Batchelor puts it: if someone is awakened, ask, “Awakened to what?” If someone is liberated, ask, “Liberated from what?” If someone is enlightened, ask, “Enlightened about what?” We are all liberated from something, enlightened about something, awake to something. And no one is awake to everything, enlightened about everything or liberated from everything, not even the Buddha."