Who is the "highest student"?

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>Roger,

>

>Thanks for reprinting this. This insight is valuable, and is Andrew

>Cohen's greatest contribution to advaita teaching!

>

>By the way, "in other news," not everyone considers Advaita the highest

>teaching. Tibetan Madhyamika considers advaita-type non-duality a very

>high teaching for the very adept. But not for the highest type of student,

>since advaita grasps onto inherent existence of consciousness. According

>to Madhyamika, the highest type of student doesn't need to be taught

>non-duality, but is ready for what they call the highest teaching,

>emptiness and compassion.

>

>Thanks again Roger!

>

>--Greg

>

>And thank you Sri Gregji for bringing in the Emptiness Shuffle. And since it

>comes alongside with the Compassion Shuffle, it is no doubt totally supreme

>in the hierarchy of shuffles! :--).

>

>Mirror Mirror on the Wall!

>Who is the emptiest of them all!

>The highest one, the one supreme!

>The best shuffler among all who seem,

>to know the shuffle steps so well

>Who moves in such stillness

>that He cannot tell

>where the dance begins and ends.

>

>

>Love

>Harsha

 

Dan: Wonderful poem, Harsha!

Perhaps it can be read at the beginning

of the next "Yogi Olympics".

And Greg, as we're pondering who is

the "highest student of all"

and for what is that student ready,

I'm reminded of some of my high school friends.

They used to have lengthy debates on this topic.

Of course, they were skipping too many classes at the time,

and had a very different way of defining the entire issue!

I guess each culture and subculture will define this

issue somewhat differently.

 

So as not to shuffle away completely into nostalgia,

I'll add a brief reflection: The highest student

is the one who is least concerned about what is the

highest wisdom. That student is ready to receive

what no one can give - that one's true nature.

-- Love --