Guest guest Posted June 3, 2006 Report Share Posted June 3, 2006 In a message dated 6/3/2006 2:20:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time, dan330033 writes: > Hey Ken -- > > Advaita has become pretty much a dodge to avoid responsibility at this > point. Maybe because it was taken out of context, and tried to be > made into an all-purpose answer for people who used it as a kind of > " cognitive therapy " -- a new way to think about things, absolve > themselves of guilt and anxiety, by telling themselves no one is there > to be guilty. > > That's why I liked the Hakuin poem a lot. > > It speaks directly to that, to me. > > Shows the same issues have been going on since time immemorial, I guess. > > " Vanity of vanity, all is vanity, saith the preacher. " Ecclesiastes > > ;-) > > -- Dan > L.E: Only humans can be vain, unless peacocks are included and other birds and animals that show off for each other. It would be more accurate to say, only the smallest most miniscule part of the universe is capable of vanity sometimes. But that doesn't have the bite of the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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