Guest guest Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 Neither samsara nor nirvana is a place. Samsara is a process of creating places... and then wandering through them... Nirvana is the end of this process. You can't feed a process and experience its end at the same time. You're either feeding samsara or you're not. ~ Commentary on Buddhist Teachings on Nirvana by Thanissaro. # When the 'I' wakes up, everything else wakes up. While this 'I' was sleeping during the sleep state, everything was quiet. If you don't touch the 'I' which woke up, you will experience the happiness of sleep while you are awake. Don't touch the 'I' and tell me if you are not sleeping. .... This is called waking while sleeping and sleeping while awake. You are always in happiness, always awake. This awakening is called Knowledge, Freedom, Truth. ~Papaji Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 > Neither samsara nor nirvana is > a place. Samsara is a process of > creating places... and then > wandering through them... > > Nirvana is the end of this > process. > > > You can't feed a process and > experience its end at the same time. > > > You're either > feeding samsara or you're not. > > > ~ Commentary on Buddhist Teachings on > Nirvana by Thanissaro. > > > > # > > > > When the 'I' wakes up, everything > else wakes up. While this 'I' was sleeping > during the sleep state, everything was > quiet. > > > If you don't touch the 'I' which > woke up, you will experience the > happiness of sleep while you are awake. > > > Don't touch the 'I' and tell > me if you are not sleeping. > > ... > > > This is called waking while > sleeping and sleeping while awake. You > are always in happiness, always awake. > This awakening is called Knowledge, > Freedom, Truth. > > > ~Papaji These teachings by Papaji are extremely Powerful! So are these commentaries on Buddhist teachings. .... Do either of them... and you are OUT. Do it even Once and you are Out! Papaji is Really Powerful... He can really 'enlighten' you in a Snap of Fingers... ....in a Fraction Of Second! .... Just Don't touch 'I' for a Moment... Just don't 'bring' 'I' for a Moment... Just experience that which exists when the 'I' is ...Not! And, you are Done! .... All the rest belongs to 'samsara'... The processes of 'creating'... the process of creating... 'Mental Images'... thoughts, illusions, dreams ....'the thought Castles'.... The process of creating and the process of ... 'wandering' through these 'Mental Creations'! .... Any Moment you don't feed the process... You are Liberated! ....and, 'I' is Merely the First Creation... that " you " Create! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 Silence, Stillness, Peace... Love... Joy, happiness... Belongs to the realm without 'I'. .... Ramana, Buddha, Jesus... Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam... belong to the samsara to the 'world' that the 'I' creates. To the world that is only sustained by 'I'. You can read Ramana, Buddha to tell you how to again reach that 'natural' state Prior to 'I'. You can read them to learn... how to 'Abide'! You can read them again to remind you... But, beyond that Ramana, Buddha, Jesus is simply part of same samsara... So are the debates, discussions and arguments about them or their teachings. They can be a source of reminder... A reminder on how to find again, how to abide... But, ultimately the books and teachings can Never be the Place where you find... Reality, Nirvana, Liberation, Freedom! They are part of the same samsara in which you... 'wander' Again! You Lost in the Mental Maze! > > > > Neither samsara nor nirvana is > > a place. Samsara is a process of > > creating places... and then > > wandering through them... > > > > Nirvana is the end of this > > process. > > > > > > You can't feed a process and > > experience its end at the same time. > > > > > > You're either > > feeding samsara or you're not. > > [...] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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