tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962818812490239064.post4359118911548776518..comments2024-02-12T19:44:43.493+11:00Comments on The Nondual Cafe: Radical Nonduality- Tony Parsons, Jim Newman etc. 1 The good and the bad.Dean Paradisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03898106701950641326noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962818812490239064.post-27190533143187109232021-11-13T01:49:51.309+11:002021-11-13T01:49:51.309+11:00What is his need to talk to people/appearances whi...What is his need to talk to people/appearances which in any way are never going to benifit?. Saying that there is no story is also a part of the story..Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01692133744516429576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962818812490239064.post-85893110043660665592021-04-18T00:13:06.976+10:002021-04-18T00:13:06.976+10:00Very interesting. Talking about what is before wor...Very interesting. Talking about what is before words is always going to cause difficulties. The problems of nomenclature do need to be addressed but words only point towards things and often point to more than one thing, as you point out, so its a tricky business. The Chan masters seem to get around this (in the recorded sayings) by constantly critiqueing each others' statements. D T Suzuki says that this apparent criticism is really a form of support but one in which the student is consistently urged not to pay too much attention to the actual words and to instead understand the spirit in which they were said. This seems to be their way of letting the meaning of words remain only loosely determined, leaving masters and monks able to express themselves freely according to the situation without resorting to a set of pre-determined doctrines or definitions. Oily oil.Tall Tale Liamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12375527375445800824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962818812490239064.post-49765683993835985102020-05-07T07:09:26.390+10:002020-05-07T07:09:26.390+10:00Thank you! Very incisive summary of issues that bo...Thank you! Very incisive summary of issues that bother me too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06841081216138521578noreply@blogger.com