Can one find liberation independent for himself?
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No.
One must sacrifice and give immense treasures in order to advance on his path towards liberation.
One, who has sacrificed and given immense treasures, will be born in such a future where liberation is just a mere steps ahead.
The merit he has done, will define if he will be able to attain liberation independently or not.
There are beings which acquired such a high degree of merit by sacrificing and giving gifts, that they are born by apparition, in healthy and long lasting bodies, sitting in lotus stance, meditating and contemplating the truth independently for themselves. But even these, as you see, had to sacrifice and give, in order to be rewarded with such and such future.
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Yes. But we don't wanna act like a chimpanzee which try to make own evolution to be a human. In the other word, we don't have millions years old to change ourselves from a chimpanzee to a human.
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The enlightened mind is independent (MN 56; MN 38) & viveka. Even though the Buddha has gifted the path, in the state of liberation there is independence from the teacher (MN 56).
"There is mother and father, gifts & sacrifices" is bondage (upadhi) & not liberation (MN 117).
"There is mother and father, gifts & sacrifices" is meritorious right view for puthujjana (worldlings).
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Yes, you can but it is something like trying to re-invent the wheel or discover electricity.
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