so true..thanks for sharing bill!... merle
Here's a karma-related graphic... ...Bill --- In [email protected], "Bill!" wrote: > > Suresh, > IMO your post below is full of errors. I've embedded my comments in > some of the most egregious, but there are just too many for me to > comment on all of them... > --- In [email protected], "Suresh" wrote: > > > > Dear Joe, > > > > Thanks for the suggestion to take up the job of Bodhisattva > Being a Bodhisattva is not a job, it's a way of life. > It means you > have not observed your life closely. When great > > people like Ramana Maharishi states that this world is illusion, it > > has to be understood as illusion.No one has to accept anyone else's > observations and conclusions - including Buddha's teachings. You have > to experience all this for yourself. If you don't it's not real, it's > just something you read or heard.>What he mean illusion is there is no > > individual `self', ...I agree with the above statement...>...so all > whatever is happening is according to `god'. > > So it follows certain rules, that is `karma' or newton's laws of > > motion....but I don't agree with your conclusion. Where did 'god' > come from all of a sudden? And why do you think that things are > happening? There are no rules. All your ideas of 'god' and 'things > happening' and 'rules' and 'karma' and 'laws of motions' and 'free will' > are ILLUSORY! Didn't you just say Ramana Maharishi said so? > ..."...this world is illusion and has to be understood as illusion." > All these ideas and concepts you've listed are just part of this world > of illusion. Only experience is not illusory. > > > This is as far as I got in your post. I didn't think the rest of it was > worth my time commenting on. > ...Bill! >
