Suresh, Yes, this is very 'thought provoking'; but is exactly the opposite of what you want to practice in zen which is 'thought quiescence'.
...Bill! --- In [email protected], SURESH JAGADEESAN <varamtha@...> wrote: > > From Ramana Maharishi - (very thought provoking) > > "I have never done any sadhana. I did not even know what > sadhana was. Only long afterwards I came to know what sadhana > was and how many different kinds of it there were. Only if there > was a goal to attain, I should have made sadhana to attain that goal. > There was nothing which I wanted to obtain. I am now sitting with > my eyes open. I was then sitting with my eyes closed. That was all > the difference. I was not doing any sadhana even then. As I sat with > my eyes closed, people said I was in samadhi. As I was not talking, > they said I was in mauna. The fact is, I did nothing. Some Higher > Power took hold of me and I was entirely in Its hand."16 > > -- > 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 <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
