...Bill!
--- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote:
>
> Suresh and Edgar,
>
> I too live in an isolated area, on a mountain where my closest
neighbor is far enough away that I can neither see or hear them. I
prefer this environment to the hustle and bustle of the city.
>
> I do still work occasionally and for 3 months earlier this year worked
in a busy suburb of Toronto. I enjoyed parts of that. It was nice to
be able to go walking in a huge mall and mingle with all the people
there, and to eat at nice restaurants and have the choice of movies to
go see when I wanted.
>
> But still I was very happy to return to the quiet of my mountain home.
I don't think I would like to live in a large city for more than a few
months at a time - but I'm sure I could if I had no other choice.
>
> ...Bill!
>
> --- In [email protected], Edgar Owen edgarowen@ wrote:
> >
> > 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?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Thanks and best regards
> > > J.Suresh
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