If you burned all the other texts this would do.Buddha.

[Guest guest]

Namaste All,

 

I won't get into texts etc on the Buddha's teaching just simply this.

 

A yogi approached the Buddha and asked him the technique of

liberation. The man felt he was dying and Buddha looked and saw that

he was. Buddha thought he must be given the Dharma right now in the

street. So the Buddha spoke only a few words which encapsulates the

entire breadth of his teachings on liberation.

 

"In your seeing there should only be seeing, in your hearing nothing

but hearing, in your smelling, tasting and touching, nothing but

smelling, tasting, touching, in your cognising nothing but cognising."

 

In other words when the senses make contact there should be no

valuation or perception, just be aware. This in essence is no

different than searching for 'Who am I?'. All the rest is just

teachers and writers revelling in piling writing upon writings about

the simplest thing.

 

If you can accept this then you can burn all your books.....ONS..Tony.

[Guest guest]

- Tony O'Clery

Wednesday, August 15, 2001 11:57 AM

If you burned all the other texts this would do.Buddha.

Namaste All,I won't get into texts etc on the Buddha's teaching just

simply this.A yogi approached the Buddha and asked him the technique

of liberation. The man felt he was dying and Buddha looked and saw

that he was. Buddha thought he must be given the Dharma right now in

the street. So the Buddha spoke only a few words which encapsulates

the entire breadth of his teachings on liberation."In your seeing

there should only be seeing, in your hearing nothing but hearing, in

your smelling, tasting and touching, nothing but smelling, tasting,

touching, in your cognising nothing but cognising."In other words

when the senses make contact there should be no valuation or

perception, just be aware. This in essence is no different than

searching for 'Who am I?'. All the rest is just teachers and writers

revelling in piling writing upon writings about the simplest thing.If

you can accept this then you can burn all your books.....ONS..Tony.

********Namaste Tony,

Every once in a while you simply astound me by coming up with

something like this that actually makes sense! It is so very Zen!

So, if you truly know and understand this, why all the "learned posts"

from you derived from books, and full of terminology?

Sincerely puzzled by you,

Gloria

PS, Of course the "other teachings" are only compassion, for those who

cannot understand such simplicity.

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Dear Tony,

 

You wrote and quoted:

> "In your seeing there should only be seeing, in your hearing nothing

> but hearing, in your smelling, tasting and touching, nothing but

> smelling, tasting, touching, in your cognising nothing but cognising."

> In other words when the senses make contact there should be no

> valuation or perception, just be aware. This in essence is no

> different than searching for 'Who am I?'.

 

Exactly, except for the word "perception", but all right... How many times

have I not told you this very thing, that is what Avalokiteshvara (my best

friend) meant as well.

Hooray for Tony, he is getting it!

> All the rest is just teachers and writers revelling in

> piling writing upon writings about the simplest thing.

 

And Tony, you know why? So that Tony will get it in the end...

Hooray for Tony, he is getting it!

 

Tony, you have said so many times that, "ultimately nothing happened at

all." Old hat, of course, but what does Tony do in the meantime...

Have you finally come to your senses?

> If you can accept this then you can burn all your books...

Hooray for Tony, he is getting it!

When is the bon-fire? Am I invited?

 

Love , Wim

 

"Indirect knowledge gathered from books or teachers can never set a

human free until its truth is investigated, applied, experimented with

and experienced. Only direct, factual and actual realization does that.

Realize your whole self, reintegrate your mind and body." - Tripura

Rahasya, 18: 89-90

 

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[Guest guest]

, "Wim Borsboom" <wim@a...> wrote:

>

> Exactly, except for the word "perception", but all right... How many

times

> have I not told you this very thing, that is what Avalokiteshvara

(my best

> friend) meant as well.

> Hooray for Tony, he is getting it!

>

> > All the rest is just teachers and writers revelling in

> > piling writing upon writings about the simplest thing.

 

Namaste Wim,

 

Tony has always got it, but as with others, the world comes in the

way. I can remember as a small child telling my mother, 'can you

imagine what it would be like if there was no creation no universe?'.

Of course she didn't have an answer. These forums are sometimes for

piling writings on writings as a diversion, or we wouldn't be here at

all.

 

I would say my getting it goes back in this end of my life to reading

Ramana and Buddha many years ago, and the ant taught

me surrender and observation without involvement....ONS......Tony.

 

However amongst the other posts I do throw in one like that sometimes.