At 04:16 PM 4/22/2008, you wrote: >Marsha: > > The Diamond Sutra - Chapter 20 > > I tried three times yesterday to start this chapter. > > I couldn't even > > get through a phrase within a sentence without > > falling into > > confusion. This morning I woke determined to read > > through the > > confusion. So I'm reading, and there it is. THERE > > IT IS! I read > > ""From Chapter Fourteen on, Subhuti displays a > > deeper understanding > > and takes the Buddha's place in expressing the > > principle of the Three > > Truths [emptiness, provisional reality, simultaneous > > existence of > > both and neither]..."" Sounds like my 'yes, no and > > all of the > > above'. I know that. I've known it a very long > > time. Well, it's > > close enough to be encouraging. > > >SA: I would say if the Diamond Sutra didn't say >something that we knew, as Pirsig states, "Everybody >knows what Quality is." then nobody would accept it,
>in this deeper knowing that something like the Diamond >Sutra and Moq is trying to convey. >On these 'deeper' >understandings, those of the metaphysical and living >of reality understandings, such books and discussions >are to be affirmations I would say. > That's what were >looking for, affirmations. If we don't on these >'deeper' understandings that we find we each live and >know, then that's when the arguments become so serious >for the contrasting views seem to go against who we >are and what we know deep down. Wouldn't you say? > > >affirmations, >SA Greetings SA, Yes, certainly at that point I was looking for something familiar. Now I'm wondering what in the world there is to say? I wrote something this morning, but why? Can I even put together a sentence of value? I don't see how? Dan G. is seeming more and more like SuperSage. By the way, I've been reading The Diamond Sutra to my little poodle. It has helped to both speak and hear it. Occasionally a cat will come by to listen, but they act as if they already know it all. Marsha Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars... Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
