Guest guest Posted April 6, 2002 Report Share Posted April 6, 2002 Hi Jan, I don't know Jack Kornfield other than what I read about him or watched on the Nisargadatta video. He seems like a very kind and loving person. On an impersonal basis, it may be possible to discuss why Buddhism is more popular than Advaita but then again that's a whole new topic. Hur Nisargadatta, Jan Sultan <swork@m...> wrote: > Hello Hur, > > Jack was well versed in both Buddhism and Advaita, yet he chose Buddhism!? > I say this from the number of books on Buddhism that he has written. > Any comment on that? > > Jan > > > At 04.04.02-07:58 PM hurg wrote: > >He told me that his first time with Maharaj he was anxious and felt > >like he just didn't get it, and could not understand where Maharaj > >was speaking from even though he asked question after question of him. > >Jack then went to Sri Lanka to do a three month meditation retreat > >and came back to Bombay. This time he was really blown out, he > >was " right there " with Maharaj at every word he said, silently > >nodding, asking no questions. > >Maharaj pointed to him and asked him directly, " So now you get it, do > >you? " Kornfield nodded his head. > > " So then there is No More Fear, Right!? " Maharaj shouted, confronting > >him directly. Jack said that at that point he felt a wave of fear > >come up from the depths of his psyche, a palpable rising wave. > >Maharaj, pointed at this immaterial wave as if it were a physical > >thing like a chair or a table, " Stop! " He said, " Don't believe in > >that apparition, if you do, you're cooked. Just stop believing in > >that and you are free! " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2002 Report Share Posted April 6, 2002 I would guess, though not having achieved Nirvana or Samadhi myself, that at the level of Jack Kornfield or Nisagardatta, the distinctions between human attempts to organize truth such as 'Advaita' or 'Buddhism' are not significant. - hurg Nisargadatta Saturday, April 06, 2002 9:01 AM Buddhism and Advaita/Jan Hi Jan,I don't know Jack Kornfield other than what I read about him or watched on the Nisargadatta video. He seems like a very kind and loving person. On an impersonal basis, it may be possible to discuss why Buddhism is more popular than Advaita but then again that's a whole new topic.HurNisargadatta, Jan Sultan <swork@m...> wrote:> Hello Hur,> > Jack was well versed in both Buddhism and Advaita, yet he chose Buddhism!? > I say this from the number of books on Buddhism that he has written.> Any comment on that?> > Jan> > > At 04.04.02-07:58 PM hurg wrote:> >He told me that his first time with Maharaj he was anxious and felt> >like he just didn't get it, and could not understand where Maharaj> >was speaking from even though he asked question after question of him.> >Jack then went to Sri Lanka to do a three month meditation retreat> >and came back to Bombay. This time he was really blown out, he> >was "right there" with Maharaj at every word he said, silently> >nodding, asking no questions.> >Maharaj pointed to him and asked him directly, "So now you get it, do> >you?" Kornfield nodded his head.> >"So then there is No More Fear, Right!?" Maharaj shouted, confronting> >him directly. Jack said that at that point he felt a wave of fear> >come up from the depths of his psyche, a palpable rising wave.> >Maharaj, pointed at this immaterial wave as if it were a physical> >thing like a chair or a table, "Stop!" He said, "Don't believe in> >that apparition, if you do, you're cooked. Just stop believing in> >that and you are free!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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