actually, they (koans) turn your *mind* right off (vs. brain, which needs to
function to keep you breathing, etc, etc), and more precisely, your intellect,
because the koan presents a pair of opposites, that cannot be easily resolved,
so your mind stops whirling for a few precious seconds, and y
Thanks for all the zen koans, Richard. They're wonderful I think. Turn my brain
right off (-:
On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 2:56 PM, Richard J. Williams
wrote:
That's like a zen koan:
"You need a boat to cross over to the other side. But, once you
cross over, you find that the
That's like a zen koan:
"You need a boat to cross over to the other side. But, once you cross
over, you find that there is no other side and no crossing over. This
being so, you would look foolish carrying a boat around on top of your
head."
On 12/11/2013 10:04 AM, Share Long wrote:
Richard
Richard, thanks, this is wonderful. BUT! I've heard Maharishi explain that at
the deepest level of reality, Purusha IS Prakriti.
On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 7:05 AM, Richard J. Williams
wrote:
Y.S. II. 40. "The habit of cleanliness, if it is not mechanical and ritualistic
but int
Y.S. II. 40. "The habit of cleanliness, if it is not mechanical and
ritualistic but intelligent with an understanding of the nature of
decaying physical organism, reveals the impure nature of the physical
body: and, there arises disgust for the body and a disinclination for
contact with those o
: asaMsargaH.
"B. Mullquist" wrote:
> What does "asaMsargaH" really mean in Patañjali II,40:
>
> Shaucaat svaanga-jugupsaa parair asaMsargaH?
My dear B. Mullquist,
I suggest that you buy one of several commentaries on Patanjali's
"ashhTaadhyaayii," and try to figure out as much as possible th
