Dear KRS, This book by Robert has no relevance in theology as explained by him in the introduction. My comments were NOT related to Zen theology. My comments are on "his interpretation" which is full of nonsense. for eg, when he says, people have no doubt (hence no ideological position) because the sun rises in the morn everyday, but defend the religious dogma vehemently - this is a useless, statement - adds no value to anyone. It is like saying - Grass is green, rain falls down on the earth, etc.. If had renamed his book saying it is a good day dreaming book while riding motorcycles across US, instead of linking to Zen, I would have been far less critical. To top this, someone on this forum suggested to read this book so that they can discard religion & reach self realization - LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dear JK,
I have no idea which school of thought you follow...but I don't know why I get a feeling you could be following Vishishtadvaitam( correct me if I wrong).
Sangom ji had written in one of his posts that when God designed us humans if He wanted us to Realize Him.. He would have made us with a built in mechanism to realize Him eventually.
I fully agree with what Sangom ji wrote.
Ok let me ask you...even Gurujis and Rishis were once upon a time just ordinary beings who observed and focused on their surroundings and realized there is a Higher Entity.
They contemplated..meditated and attained revelation which they shared with others to uplift mankind.
Now let me tell you a simple story...anyone can be endowed with an awakened higher perception.
A few years ago there was a helicopter crash into the jungles of East Malaysia.
The rescue team were finding hard to trace the victims cos the jungle was too dense.
They sought the help of the local natives called Penans who know this jungle inside out.
Penans help to locate the victims and survivors risking their own lives too.
So the government authorities wanted to reward the Penans who helped find the victim/survivors..but the Penans refused and reward of any form...they said "When we render help to others we do it with no expectations of what so ever"
Now these are simple people who cant read and write ..who do not have any so called organized religion but yet their words echoed what Lord Krishna said in Geeta..Karmanyevadhikaraste Ma Phaleshu Kadacana.
No one preached Geeta to them.
We so called organized religion individuals need the Geeta to even know this fact and in this very forum itself many have argued that it is not possible to do action without having expectations.
So now tell me....How did the Penan tribal man know about this??
yes you can argue that the tribal guru must have taught him..but purity of heart can not be taught..it has to come from within.
God speaks through pure hearts cos God has instilled in us a built in system to Realize Him.
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