Suresh,
Thanks for your interesting comments.
I have in fact "left society for a while to practice" on several occasions and
I've been pretty much of a social hermit for much of my life....
I've lived alone in my current house on top of a hill next to a large forest
for the last 33 years mostly in the company of nature and my wild animal
visitors....
Even as I write this I hear a group of white swans flying overhead from the
lake....
Edgar
On Nov 20, 2012, at 4:54 AM, SURESH JAGADEESAN wrote:
> Merely: How much more difficult is it to attain Buddha-hood in the
> supermarket???????
> Surely the true test is when you live the full life in the real world??????.
>
> Suresh: This is what I look for, Buddha-hood while living in the same
> environment. The thinker or the seer should disappear, will it?
>
> Edger: Why have you not done as your hero Shakyamuni did, then? He
> left society for a while to practice. See what nice thing happened for
> him?
>
> Suresh: The present world is not like that. I see people everywhere
> even the remotest area possible. I went to Thiruvannamalai –
> skandasramam where Ramana Maharishi meditated for 7 years. But now
> that area also so many people. There are brokers to show you where
> Ramana Maharishi meditated, what can we do now?
>
> Leaving family is impossible. Can one able to accept whatever the
> condition he is in? The mind always thinks that it would be better if
> it is not in the place where it is now. I am where I am, it cannot be
> changed, but acceptance of who I am and where I am can bring changes,
> what do you say?
>
> Joe: A teacher is needed to help us persist the right way(s).
>
> Suresh: Do you mean a teacher in living body form? Why not a teacher
> be a book? Or why not it is nature? or why not it is a situation?
>
> Joe: I suppose you have various practices, such as what Ramana
> Maharshi taught. In Zen practice, we have zazen, formless meditation.
> It is easy to learn, but not easy to teach.
>
> Suresh: Can a word describe what truth is? Ramana Maharishi taught all
> methods, but people read little and understand little. Writing this
> letter is zen do you know this?
>
>
>
>
>
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> Thanks and best regards
> J.Suresh
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