Monday, December 12, 2005


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Blogger Mike Cross said...

The relinquishing of all views:
The wonderful Reality he taught,
Using compassionate means.
I bow to Gautama.

In these words of Nagarjuna, the final verse of his Song of the Middle Way, Gudo's four philosophies are implicit but obvious -- (1) views, (2) Reality, (3) practical means, (4) real action of bowing to Gautama.

Gudo has gone quiet. Has he relinquished his own view, the view to which he has attached so strongly for so many years -- his view about the autonomic nervous system?

I do not know. If Gudo is still alive, I hope that, even in his very old age, he will wake up and relinquish this particular view. While there is life there is hope.

I can never know be sure that I am not still holding onto a view of my own, and thereby failing truly to realize the Buddha-Dharma; to others it may be obvious in the fixity of my attitude. But I cannot see it in myself. If I could see it, I wouldn't be so stupid as to do it.

Like father, like son.

6:17 PM  
Blogger Mike Cross said...

The starting point is sincerity.
The secret is... that there is no secret, other than diligent and meaningful practice.
The criterion is samadhi, a balance of accepting and using the self.
The king of samadhis is sitting in the full lotus posture.

Along the way, there is thinking about thinking, and there is investigation of thinking itself.

4:42 PM  
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