Guest guest Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 Hi Harsha... This actually was posted the same day you posted totality...I am just moving as slow as in September in getting things out...I thought it was apropos to your post... ps. question for you below... [TDM] Our appointment with life...from TheDailyMeditation.. Do not pursue the past.Do not lose yourself in the future.The past no longer is.The future has not yet come.Looking deeply at life as it isin the very here and now,the practitioner dwellsin stability and freedom.We must be diligent today.To wait till tomorrow is too late.Death comes unexpectedly.How can we bargain with it? The Buddha, in The Bhaddekaratta Sutta, tr. Thich Nhat Hanh, Pali into Vietnamese; tr. Annabel Laity, Vietnamese into English, as published in Our Appointment With Life, Parallax Press Harsha wrote: ....My teacher's teacher's, teacher was well over a 100 years when he gathered his students around him, went into Samadhi, and left the body. My teacher's teacher used the the practice of gradual fasting which is another well known technique in yoga.According to the Yogic view, Death is only a temporary solution but still a wonderful thing to meditate on. In fact, it can be the door way to prepare for Self-Realization. In India, Sadhus and aspirants often meditate on cremation grounds on the nature of death.In the Mahabharata Epic, when Yudhishtra was tested for his wisdom, one of the questions he had to answer was regarding the nature of death. Did you know what he said? It is a simple yet beautiful answer that holds true even after 5000 years. No, would you tell us so we do not have to go look it up? I'm, um, dying to know the answer :-) Love, Joyce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2003 Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 Dear Joyce, I will try to post the questions asked of Yudhishtra and his answers later on (unless someone else does so first!). Love to all, Harsha Lady Joyce wrote: Hi Harsha... This actually was posted the same day you posted totality...I am just moving as slow as in September in getting things out...I thought it was apropos to your post... ps. question for you below... Subject: [TDM] Our appointment with life...from TheDailyMeditation.. Do not pursue the past. Do not lose yourself in the future. The past no longer is. The future has not yet come. Looking deeply at life as it is in the very here and now, the practitioner dwells in stability and freedom. We must be diligent today. To wait till tomorrow is too late. Death comes unexpectedly. How can we bargain with it? The Buddha, in The Bhaddekaratta Sutta, tr. Thich Nhat Hanh, Pali into Vietnamese; tr. Annabel Laity, Vietnamese into English, as published in Our Appointment With Life, Parallax Press Harsha wrote: ....My teacher's teacher's, teacher was well over a 100 years when he gathered his students around him, went into Samadhi, and left the body. My teacher's teacher used the the practice of gradual fasting which is another well known technique in yoga. According to the Yogic view, Death is only a temporary solution but still a wonderful thing to meditate on. In fact, it can be the door way to prepare for Self-Realization. In India, Sadhus and aspirants often meditate on cremation grounds on the nature of death. In the Mahabharata Epic, when Yudhishtra was tested for his wisdom, one of the questions he had to answer was regarding the nature of death. Did you know what he said? It is a simple yet beautiful answer that holds true even after 5000 years. No, would you tell us so we do not have to go look it up? I'm, um, dying to know the answer :-) Love, Joyce /join "Love itself is the actual form of God." Sri Ramana In "Letters from Sri Ramanasramam" by Suri Nagamma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2003 Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 Harsha wrote: > one of the questions he had to answer was regarding the nature of > death. One who speaks of death must of necessity speculate, as the dead rarely show eloquence on the subject. .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2003 Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 , Mace Mealer <mmealer@a...> wrote: > > > Harsha wrote: > > > > > one of the questions he had to answer was regarding the nature of > > death. > > One who speaks of death > must of necessity speculate, > as the dead rarely show eloquence > on the subject. Namaste,IMO, I actually disagree, I have and do speak to so called dead people, so do members of my family. They are quite eloquent in fact, no physical barrier between thought and thought..........ONS..Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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