why advaita institutes go out of business

[Guest guest]

an imaginary case study:

 

once there was an advaita institute in a mythical town. a passerby

noticed the sign and intrigued with such a strange sounding name,

she knocked on the door. no answer. the door was unlocked so she

let herself in and noticed someone reading, surrounded by many

serious looking books which had titles with capitalized words such

as 'Truth,' and 'Absolute.' she had seen those words elsewhere but

she didn't know what they meant in this context.

 

" hello there, " she said finally breaking the silence.

no response but an indifferent smile from the mysterious man in

orange robe.

" excuse me but why didn't you answer the door? " she asked

" there is no one here, " he replied

" really? i see a reader in front of me. "

" reading happens, there is no reader. "

" what are those books about then? " she asked pointing to the

bookshelves.

" nothing. "

" the titles sound like eastern spiritual teachings. "

" there is no teaching. "

" oh? but you sound like a guru of some sort. "

" there is no guru! "

she pulled two books, 'the final Truth,' and 'Absolute freedom,' from

the racks and started heading out.

he coughed.

" yes? " she turned around.

he pointed to the cash register.

" no teaching, no guru and there is no one here to pay, " she said and

left.

[Guest guest]

This institute went

out of business before it got started.

 

It doesn't have a name; it's certainly

not " advaita. "

 

How could it propose the teaching

that there is no teaching?

 

Where is anyone to say that there is

no one to say anything?

 

-- Dan

 

 

 

 

Nisargadatta, " hurg " <hurg> wrote:

> an imaginary case study:

>

> once there was an advaita institute in a mythical town. a passerby

> noticed the sign and intrigued with such a strange sounding name,

> she knocked on the door. no answer. the door was unlocked so she

> let herself in and noticed someone reading, surrounded by many

> serious looking books which had titles with capitalized words such

> as 'Truth,' and 'Absolute.' she had seen those words elsewhere but

> she didn't know what they meant in this context.

>

> " hello there, " she said finally breaking the silence.

> no response but an indifferent smile from the mysterious man in

> orange robe.

> " excuse me but why didn't you answer the door? " she asked

> " there is no one here, " he replied

> " really? i see a reader in front of me. "

> " reading happens, there is no reader. "

> " what are those books about then? " she asked pointing to the

> bookshelves.

> " nothing. "

> " the titles sound like eastern spiritual teachings. "

> " there is no teaching. "

> " oh? but you sound like a guru of some sort. "

> " there is no guru! "

> she pulled two books, 'the final Truth,' and 'Absolute freedom,'

from

> the racks and started heading out.

> he coughed.

> " yes? " she turned around.

> he pointed to the cash register.

> " no teaching, no guru and there is no one here to pay, " she said

and

> left.