What does 'enmire' mean?

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What Does Buddhism Teach?





Soon after his Enlightenment the Buddha had a vision in which he saw the human race as a bed of lotus flowers. Some of the lotuses were still enmired in the mud, others were just emerging from it, and others again were on the point of blooming. In other words, all people had the ability to unfold their potential and some needed just a little help to do so. So the Buddha decided to teach, and all of the teachings of Buddhism may be seen as attempts to fulfil this vision — to help people grow towards Enlightenment.

What does 'enmire' mean?
enmire means "to become mired".





Mired means stuck, or bogged down. A mire is a place like a bog or quicksand - a place that you could get stuck in.





According to Webster a mire is:


1 : wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh)


2 : heavy often deep mud or slush


3 : a troublesome or intractable situation %26lt;found themselves in a mire of debt%26gt;

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