tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post2075222772335818852..comments2024-02-06T22:19:13.028-08:00Comments on Mining Aśvaghoṣa's Gold: SAUNDARANANDA 10.33: Just Deserts (Heavenly Nectar)Mike Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12712396374023835678noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post-59208929447296096562011-06-24T16:51:59.225-07:002011-06-24T16:51:59.225-07:00hi mike !
well i write heaps of poetry and homili...hi mike !<br /><br />well i write heaps of poetry and homilies and that spacing is what has evolved<br /><br />i <br /><br />just<br /><br />write<br /><br />and<br /><br />that's<br /><br />how<br /><br />it<br /><br />comes !<br /><br />personally i think the buddha's<br />a fiction and like you i have been bunrt by the zen crap !<br /><br />my comment about your translation of 10.33 is that ashvagshosha writes in a very dense and multi-layered way and 10.33 also has the meaning that my comment said<br /><br />your neighbour is being a pest btw you will have to do something !an3drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15822554034818405099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post-28623665157171771222011-06-24T00:26:45.601-07:002011-06-24T00:26:45.601-07:00an3drew: since you ask a question, I will give you...an3drew: since you ask a question, I will give you an answer. <br /><br />By giving so much space to each one of your words, it seems to me that you are somehow trying to assign special importance to each word. <br /><br />Now if you recognize this as unenlightened behaviour, and see what is behind it, and decide for yourself to give up whatever tendency (or fantasy?) is behind it, that is what FM Alexander called inhibition and what the Buddha called the truth of cessation. <br /><br />But if on the other hand you do what many of us are prone to do and suppress the undesirable tendency, denying yourself, blaming yourself, punishing yourself, suppressing yourself, et cetera, then that is just a variation on the old theme of asceticism, and it is always pointless.Mike Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712396374023835678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post-56556596072376212702011-06-23T17:48:00.803-07:002011-06-23T17:48:00.803-07:00what
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the
point
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austerities
if
...what<br /><br /><br />is<br /><br /><br />the<br /><br /><br />point<br /><br /><br />of<br /><br /><br />austerities<br /><br /><br />if<br /><br /><br />you<br /><br /><br />fantasize ?an3drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15822554034818405099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post-43849227606442993902011-06-23T01:04:23.469-07:002011-06-23T01:04:23.469-07:00the
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volunteer...the<br /><br /><br />problem<br /><br /><br /><br />with<br /><br /><br />zen<br /><br /><br />is<br /><br /><br />you<br /><br /><br />volunteer<br /><br /><br />your<br /><br /><br />life<br /><br /><br />away<br /><br /><br />into<br /><br /><br />something<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />futile !<br /><br /><br /><br />basically<br /><br />they<br /><br /><br />get<br /><br /><br />what's<br /><br /><br />coming<br /><br /><br />to<br /><br /><br />them<br /><br /><br />you<br /><br /><br />can't<br /><br /><br />wish<br /><br /><br />punishment<br /><br /><br />on<br /><br /><br />those<br /><br /><br />who<br /><br /><br />do<br /><br /><br />it<br /><br /><br />so<br /><br /><br />effectively<br /><br /><br />to<br /><br /><br />themselves !an3drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15822554034818405099noreply@blogger.com