Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Huang-Po
From all of the other readings in this book, Huang-Po, to me is different. I find it interesting that he takes one idea, and beats it to death. What I am specifically referring to is "the mind." Basically, Huang-Po just says to leave it alone. Only marvel at the capabilities of the mind and do not analyze it. The mind is limitless in what it can do and in order to ascertain peace it must be through the mind because they are one in the the same. This is very much a Buddhistic way of thinking. This is profound because without bring peace to the mind and realizing that they are married to each other, peace will always be an elusive goal for anyone.
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I didnt really see it the same way that you did. To me the reading was more about how just because you can not see it does not mean it is not there. I also like what you had to say about the mind being limitless.
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