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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 > > > > > > >
