The patriarchs did not regard non duality as a trick. There is nothing hidden here. normal brains are in nirvana. Sometimes they get distracted and do not notice or mistake a thought for life but life flows on any ways
As always, thanks. Chris On Mar 5, 2011 12:46 PM, "ED" <[email protected]> wrote: Excellent analogy, but truths are not proven by analogies. The first two sentences of my post below are what I believe the patriarchs had in mind. The understandings of Bill, Steve and others are requested. --ED --- In [email protected], Chris Austin-Lane <chris@...> wrote: > My statement is intended to be simpler than that, just a statement of fact. An analogy: a cylinder projected onto one plane is a square; on another plane, it is a circle. People will argue circle vs square, but they are not different. The cylinder is the cylinder. > 'Samsara is no different than nirvana.' > Yes, but only to the non-rational mind or no-mind. ... --ED Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it t...
