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Nonduality Highlights: Issue #3949, Sunday, July 11, 2010, Editor: Mark
To cast off the self means to simply and profoundly stop
grasping. It doesn't mean to extinguish or destroy anything,
because there's nothing to extinguish. Although in Buddhism the
teachings are often presented as negation - not this - this is
actually a resounding affirmation. Because you are not who you
think you are, you can realize and actualize your real nature
which is so much larger
. It is vast, without boundaries.
~ Geoffrey Shugen Arnold Sensei, posted to DailyDharma
Janaka said:
He who by nature is empty-minded, and who thinks of things only
unintentionally, is freed from deliberate remembering like one
awakened from a dream. 14.1
When my desire has been eliminated, I have no wealth, friends,
robbers, senses, scriptures or knowledge. 14.2
Realising my supreme self-nature in the Person of the Witness,
the Lord,and the state of desirelessness in bondage or
liberation, I feel no inclination for liberation. 14.3
The various states of one who is free of uncertainty within, and
who outwardly wanders about as he pleases like an idiot, can only
be known by someone in the same condition. 14.4
- from the Ashtavakra Gita, posted to allspirit
STOP BEING SO RELIGIOUS
What
Do sad people have in
Common?
It seems
They have all built a shrine
To the past
And often go there
And do a strange wail and
Worship.
What is the beginning of
Happiness?
It is to stop being
So religious
Like
That.
- Hafiz, posted to AlongTheWay
Forgetfulness of self is remembrance of God.
Bayazid Al-Bistami, posted to Distillation
The fool and the wise man are not different. They are merely
looking in different directions. While the fool is looking only
at his mentations, the wise man looks at Nothing or Infinity.
- Ramesh Balsekar, posted to ANetofJewels
hello dear ones: below are links to the first North American
Kagyu Monlam, which is held at monastery where old woman lives
and works (well, at least pretends). Nuns and monks (love to put
it in that order) from around the world are coming here for five
days to pray for world peace. Maybe watch what is going on.. and
join us.. in this dedication to bringing some peace to our
sometimes weary world.. and even the world in our own heart.
love,
dharma grandmother
you can go to our homepage and click on the Monlam graphic and
the streaming video any time through July 17th. It will warm my
heart to know you are sharing this at some point...
http://www.kagyu.org