Greetings Marsha,
> > Marsha: > In Zen there is talk of satori or kensho, where: > > "the practitioner finally breaks through the barrier > of rational intellection to the realm of preconceptual > and prelinguistic consciousness variously called pure > consciousness, no-mind, without-thinking, or emptiness." > > Are you denying such a state is possible? > Maybe, maybe not. :-) I guess I'm denying its quality, more than anything Marsha. Death is without-thinking too, yet we shun that state of intellect. And a state of mind that has low quality, even if it's possible, does not seem to me to be any sort of goal. Quality is a positive goal. I think that is the great strength of the MoQ and what you call neti-neti is the great weakness of Buddhism. Positively yours, John > > > > > > > > ___ > > > 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/md/archives.html > 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/md/archives.html
