Guest guest Posted August 28, 2005 Report Share Posted August 28, 2005 > Namaste, > > I remember a story, I think it was a Krishna story, where a Brahmin > had overcome every desire in life except his love for an old cow. > This > was a strong attachment and to relieve this Krishna 'killed' the cow > and released the Brahmin to Moksha. > this reminds me of the Rinposhe who at the moment of his death looked up at a fruittree; his eyes gazed yearningly at a ripe fuzzy peach..and at that moment he reincarnated as worm...and the disciples waited in meditation till the worm passed on too.. > This is no doubt allegorical but the message is there. We all are on > the path and talk of Moksha and Advaita but at the same time are > hanging on to our 'attachment cows'. There are many cows of all > kinds > and they keep presenting themselves again and again. Yet we tend to > feed and keep them, using all kinds of excuses and rationalisations. > > This is why IMHO opinion many shy away from pure advaita and moksha > for their biggest cow is the ego and identity they/we don't want to > lose. > > It seems in the end result there can only be suffering to overcome > our > cows but there is an end to it...............ONS...Tony. Era .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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