Guest guest Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 Nisargadatta , " josesiem " <josesiem> wrote: > > Nisargadatta , Lewis Burgess <lbb10@c...> wrote: > What is so important about silence? It seems to be important > > but to me it is just the way some people are or can be. Traditions > like > > Buddhism talk about and make it special. To me it seems ordinary. > Ac. Is > > silence like this that I experience something special or just an > > aberration in brain functioning or something else, like a > delusional > > state, or perhaps symptoms of a severe depression or completely > imagined > > and hallucinatory? > > Most forms of Buddhism don't emphasize silence much. Krishnamurti was > a big silence advocate. And that's how this whole discussion got > started. Gautama silently smiled and handed the flower to Kashyapa. Bodhidharma sat silently facing the wall for nine years. K. may have discussed it more than most, and that's fine by me. His words never broke the silence anyway. When you hear it, through your being, it knocks your socks off. There's nowhere it is not. -- Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 Nisargadatta , " dan330033 " <dan330033> wrote: > > > Gautama silently smiled and handed the flower to > Kashyapa. > > Bodhidharma sat silently facing the wall for nine years. > > K. may have discussed it more than most, and that's fine > by me. His words never broke the silence anyway. > > When you hear it, through your being, it knocks your > socks off. There's nowhere it is not. > > -- Dan Dan, today i saw a documentary that discussed the size of the universe. if clarity is the energy we call space, i can only say... W H A T THE ... !!! i gotta admit, my friend, it's pretty scary, this whole thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 Nisargadatta , " dabo_now " <dscasta> wrote: > > Nisargadatta , " dan330033 " <dan330033> > wrote: > > > > > > Gautama silently smiled and handed the flower to > > Kashyapa. > > > > Bodhidharma sat silently facing the wall for nine years. > > > > K. may have discussed it more than most, and that's fine > > by me. His words never broke the silence anyway. > > > > When you hear it, through your being, it knocks your > > socks off. There's nowhere it is not. > > > > -- Dan > > > Dan, > > today i saw a documentary that discussed the size of the universe. > > if clarity is the energy we call space, i can only say... > > W H A T THE ... !!! > > > i gotta admit, my friend, it's pretty scary, this whole thing... What if you.....were the whole thing....including the scary part? t. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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