During the last American Idol Results Show on 08/05/08, I watched as Jason Castro performed for the last time.
He was so happy!
When Carly Smithson was voted out earlier, she was also happy.
But, her happiness was of a different kind -
That she was glad that she had made it that far, and she was content with it.
For Jason, it felt like he seem so light, so free.
His performance over the past weeks were pretty lacklustre, and not as great as some of the other contestants,
But America kept voting for him.
In Simon's words, "He's charming." (Read 'How To Be Ugly' 09/03/09)
But his performance on Wednesday (07/05/08) night was really bad.
So bad that Simon even told him to 'pack his bags'.
When I reflected on it that night, I thought could it be that that was his game plan : to perform badly so as to be voted out?
I do not know.
But what I do know is this :
What's Nibbana?
That, is Nibbana.
Free ......... Released ......... from all bondage, ties, entanglements, attachments, shackles and chains.
Ah ......... Nibbana.......
What bliss !
"Freedom is the highest happiness."
"Why be God (Idol) when you can be Buddha (Free) ?"
"O Bhikkhus, gains, offerings, glory, praise are all harsh and fierce.
They are a danger preventing the achievement of the highest bliss of liberation (Nibbana)."
- The Buddha (Samyutta Nikaya - Labha Sakkara Samyutta)
"Fame, fortune, power, recognition and glory are the real evils of the world -
They are truly the evils that will destroy us."
"Power and influence destroy men of inferior wisdom."
- The Buddha
"Everybody wants to be a 'somebody' ,
BUT nobody wants to be a nobody."
