--Neither have become reconciled to the prospect of life in a subtle body after death. Buddhism, otoh, does provide for that. Nityananda's "Siddhaloka" is not part of Advaita Vedanta. MMY claims to be a proponent of A.V. but that's nihilist: after Unity then physical death, no more relative existence. Buddhas otoh can exist in any number of transformation bodies. Siddhas like Nityananda can live in Siddhaloka. In Advaita Vedanta, Nothing!
- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <willy...@...> wrote: > > Vaj wrote: > > The Marshy said they should. So they did... > > > Ken Wilber pretty much agrees with the Marshy > when it comes to meditation - Wilber is known > for practiceing meditation techniques on a > daily basis. > > Wilber co-wrote a review of spiritual teachers, > and seems to approve of the practice of TM. From > what I've read, Wilber's parents started TM > practice some years ago. > > Read more: > > 'Spiritual Choices' > The Problems of Recognizing Authentic Paths to > Inner Transformation > by Dick Anthony, Bruce Ecker, and Ken Wilber > Paragon House, 1986 > > According to Wilber, the states of consciousness > include: waking, dreaming, dreamless sleep, and > nondual. Marshy seems to agree with this. > > Apparently Wilber ascribes to the 'two truths > doctrine' of Nagarjuna. For Wilber no > metaphysical doctrine or apparent reality is > true in an absolute sense: only formless > awareness, "the simple feeling of being," exists > absolutely. > > "And tell me: is that story, sung by mystics > and sages the world over, any crazier than > the scientific materialism story, which is > that the entire sequence is a tale told by an > idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying > absolutely nothing? Listen very carefully: just > which of those two stories actually sounds > totally insane?" > > Work cited: > > 'A Brief History of Everything' > By Ken Wilber > Shambhala, 2007 > Page 42-3 > > Links of interest: > > "Every deeply enlightened teacher I have known > has been a Rude Boy or Nasty Girl." > > Ken Wilber: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Wilber > > Dennis Genpo Merzel: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Genpo_Merzel >
