which bull represents the human Zippo phase?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius"
<anartaxius@...> wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@> wrote:
> >
> > I'm sorry, I don't see the analogy between MMY's 7 states and the 10 bulls.
> >
> > L
>
> They are different representations of the path of enlightenment. Conceptually
> they are on the surface extraordinarily different, they have a vastly
> different point of view, far more divergent than say, the view of the US
> economy as perceived by Democrats versus Republicans. Having heard Zen
> Buddhist's describe experience, (not in reference to these pictures) the
> states of CC and UC are discenrnable in what they say. GC seems to be
> regarded as perceptual delusions or illusions.
>
> Regarding the pictures, the bull represents one's true nature. The pictures
> start with searching for the bull, which is of course an absurd search
> because you are already your true nature, just unaware of just what that term
> signifies. The pictures represent the search, finding, and the passing of the
> illusion of the search, the path. Then they represent the passing of the
> illusion of enlightenment itself, and the leading of a natural unencumbered
> life, bringing that knowledge to others.
>
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius"
> > <anartaxius@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" <awoelflebater@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Someone on Batgap forum said that the ten bulls concept was recently
> > > > > mentioned in a Batgap interview:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.laetusinpraesens.org/docs10s/images/geozero_files/ten_texts.jpg
> > > >
> > > > Am I the only one seeing the irony/humour/double meaning in this one?
> > >
> > > That was funny Ann.
> > >
> > > The Ten Bulls, or alternately, the Ten Ox Herding Pictures are Zen
> > > Buddhism's equivalent of Maharishi's 'Seven States of Consciousness' in
> > > that they illustrate the progression to enlightenment, though in a rather
> > > different conceptual world from the TM movement's view. There are
> > > actually two different versions of these images, one ends with the empty
> > > circle and has a few different images, and the other as Share posted with
> > > the man walking through the market place. One of these versions may be a
> > > better representation of what happens. I pick the one Share posted.
> > >
> > > If one's experience progresses as the monk in the images, each preceding
> > > state could be considered a level of bullshit that one has finally
> > > stepped out of. Until the last picture, one steps into another pile after
> > > getting out of the previous one.
> > >
> >
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