Hi Siska, Both! It's possible to understand that perceptions are illusory *and* enjoy them without being neither fooled by them nor attached to them.
Mike --- In [email protected], siska_cen@... wrote: > > Hi Mike, > > > Who wouldn't want to enjoy the taste of a strawberry! > > Those who do not like strawberries? > > How about this, I used to enjoy sour strawberries (and other berries, and > also oranges) more than the sweet ones. Is the pleasure from eating 'sweet' > strawberries real or illusory? > > Siska > -----Original Message----- > From: uerusuboyo@... > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 14:27:42 > To: BillSmart@...<BillSmart@...>; zen group<[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Zen] Re: Advaita > > Bill!<br/><br/>Yet the strawberry tastes so sweet! I just feel that your > description of Buddha Nature just doesn't seem to engage with life (and yet I > know that as 'Bill!' you do!). I think it goes back to the feeling I have > that what you say about Buddha Nature, although correct, only focuses on the > Absolute. Life is recognising both the relative and absolute as truth. Who > wouldn't want to enjoy the taste of a > strawberry!<br/><br/>Mike<br/><br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPad > ------------------------------------ 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/
