and i have lived on my mountain top for 35 years...... merle
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 > > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
