Guest guest Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 On Oct 20, 2006, at 9:50 AM, Insight wrote: > > " A one hundred foot pole has no place to rest, > except, at the base. Why climb at all?, " asked the teacher. > > But how about the view? asked the monk. > > " Once you come down, the memory of the view, > is not the view, " > > ------ > > > J: It was not his philosophical training or his ascetic or > moral austerities that finally brought Buddha to his > experience of enlightenment. Buddha attained it only > when he gave up all these superficial practices > which hang around the externalities of our existence. > Intellectualization or moralization or conceptualization > are only needed to realize their own limitations. The > koan exercise aims at bringing all this intimately home > to us. - Suzuki, Fromm, De Martino P: The scariest thing to realize is that we are the endless machinations of thought. Thoughts that vanish constantly and leave only a faint trail in memory. With that ghostly activity we have identified, and we have made it solid. It's very hard not to identify, to give up living within walls of smoke which offer no protection at all. To accept that true nature is ineffable, and that any attempt to identify with it will turn it into another thought is one the hardest thing to do. To be, is not to be. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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