beautiful..looks like many of us zen folk love to live in "isolation" away from the "common herd"..merle
...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 > > > New No.3, Old No.7, > > > Chamiers road - 1st Lane, > > > Alwarpet, > > > Chennai - 600018 > > > Ph: 044 42030947 > > > Mobile: 91 9884071738 > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are > > > reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > >
