Guest guest Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 Toombaru: Waves can know nothing of the ocean. Sai: Why not? AL: Because the ocean is not in flux, but waves are. The action is > > _between_ the ocean and the waves, in that thin slice called > creation. Sai: But the wave is still " connected " ...is still the ocean. Isn't it? > > No matter whever it's in flux or not.. > > > > Just trying to understand you. > > AL: Yes, the ocean is a thing, an object, and the waves are objects too. > Between the one object (the ocean) and the many objects (the waves) > is the Connector. > But al, it's not about thing-ness. Rather, it's all about No thing- ness. To cite one of those dead Ch'an guys of the T'ang era: " From the beginning not a thing is. " (Hui-neng) This is the whole " thing " in a nutshell. Yours truly, Living Baba, Ganouji Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2005 Report Share Posted May 6, 2005 But al, it's not about thing-ness. Rather, it's all about No thing- ness. To cite one of those dead Ch'an guys of the T'ang era: " From the beginning not a thing is. " (Hui-neng) This is the whole " thing " in a nutshell. ******************* Not sure i get you here Baba. I interpret that quote as saying: form the beginning of time - not a thing is? That nothing in creation " is " ... Words struggle to describe; but before time and creation, that no-thing-ness " is.. and " I Am That " - no? sai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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