Ah!
Allchemy?
--- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote:
>
> That is the key point. Nitrous oxide, aka laughing gas, makes you laugh, and
> forget all suffering.
> Â
> Anthony
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Bill! <BillSmart@...>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Saturday, 21 January 2012, 10:14
> Subject: Re: [Zen] The ultimate zenist?
>
>
> Â
> For me the ultimate dentist would be one who:
> - doesn't make you sit in his waiting room for an hour reading 6-month old
> magazines
> - in painless
> - takes your insurance, fills out all the forms for you and doesn't make you
> pay any additional
> - uses nitrous oxide
>
> I guess that about does it...Bill!
>
> --- In [email protected], 覺å¦â¢Ã§Â²Â¾Ã¦ËŽ <chan.jmjm@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Ed, To answer your question, is this the description of "ultimate
> > zenist"?. This is just the practice of "no mine".. only when we
> > abandon the label of ultimate, then the pure and true state unfolds...
> > for the last few months, I have written a few articles about the
> > practice of no mind. Just for your reference.. jm
> >
> > On 1/20/2012 6:55 AM, ED wrote:
> > >
> > > Ashtavakra Gita
> > >
> > > Beyond All
> > >
> > > It is hard to find
> > > A man who has an open mind,
> > > Who neither seeks nor shuns
> > > Wealth or pleasure,
> > > Duty or liberation,
> > > Life or death. . .
> > >
> > > He does not want the world to end.
> > > He does not mind if it lasts.
> > >
> > > Whatever befalls him,
> > > He lives in happiness.
> > > For he is truly blessed.
> > >
> > > Now that he understands,
> > > He is fulfilled.
> > > His mind is drawn within,
> > > And he is fulfilled.
> > >
> > > He sees and he hears,
> > > He touches and smells and tastes,
> > > And he is happy.
> > >
> > > Whatever he does is without purpose.
> > > His senses have been stilled.
> > > His eyes are empty.
> > > He is without desire or aversion.
> > >
> > > For him the waters of the world
> > > Have all dried up!
> > >
> > > He is not asleep.
> > > He is not awake.
> > > He never closes his eyes
> > > Or opens them.
> > >
> > > Wherever he is,
> > > He is beyond everything.
> > > He is free.
> > >
> > > And the man who is free
> > > Always lives in his heart.
> > > His heart is always pure.
> > > Whatever happens,
> > > He is free of all desires.
> > >
> > > Whatever he sees or hears or touches,
> > > Whatever he smells or tastes,
> > > Whatever he acquires,
> > > He is free.
> > > Free from striving,
> > > And from stillness.
> > >
> > > For indeed he is a great soul.
> > > Without blame or praise,
> > > Anger or rejoicing.
> > > He gives nothing.
> > > He takes nothing.
> > > He wants nothing,
> > > Nothing at all.
> > >
> > > And whoever draws near him,
> > > A woman full of passion
> > > Or Death Himself,
> > > He is not shaken.
> > > He stays in his heart.
> > > He is free indeed!
> > > It is all the same to him.
> > > Man or woman,
> > > Good fortune or bad,
> > > Happiness or sorrow.
> > > It makes no difference.
> > > He is serene.
> > >
> > > The world no longer holds him.
> > > He has gone beyond
> > > The bounds of human nature.
> > >
> > > Without compassion
> > > Or the wish to harm,
> > > Without pride or humility.
> > > Nothing disturbs him.
> > > Nothing surprises him.
> > >
> > > Because he is free,
> > > He neither craves nor disdains
> > > The things of the world.
> > > He takes them as they come.
> > >
> > > His mind is always detached.
> > > His mind is empty.
> > > He is not concerned with meditation,
> > > Or the absence of it,
> > > Or the struggle between good and evil.
> > > He is beyond all,
> > >
> > > Alone.
> > > No "I,"
> > > No "mine."
> > > He knows there is nothing.
> > >
> > > All his inner desires have melted away.
> > > Whatever he does,
> > > He does nothing.
> > > His mind has stopped working!
> > > It has simply melted away. . .
> > > And with it,
> > > Dreams and delusions and dullness.
> > >
> > > And for what he has become,
> > > There is no name.
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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