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The Dynamic Way of Meditation
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160 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1983
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December 18, 2020
I finished J.Kristinamurti's What is it we are seeking before reading this book. Interestingly, though J.K. insisted one's withdrawal from any religions, authorities in the pursuit of self realization, I found a great deal of resemblance of J.K.' teaching in the content of this book, which was written by a Thai Buddhist and a vipassana master, particularly on how our mind tricks us by making us feel the temporary comfort and consolace through the quest of spiritual pursuit. This is not something I want to dig in here in this review though...
One thing I gained lucidity from is the understanding of Buddhism as a way of seeing and living to the ultimate truth in relation to other religions. In this book, Dhiravamsa addressed a few confusion and interpretation I had about Buddhism (and religion in general, really) well, a few quotes from the book would speak volume for them:
"In India and here is a dialectical materialism called lokayata which attacks all religions very strongly, saying that all religious use certain holy words to threaten people, such as 'good' and 'evil', 'heaven' and 'hell'. But if we understand what we mean by good and evil, or by heaven and hell, then they do not become a problem in our life. There is nothing absolutely good and nothing absolutely bad. Heaven is not eternal and hell is not its opposite, but they are both experiences in life. We go up to heaven and down to hell. In our experiences, when we torment ourselves,when we experience joy, peace and bliss, we go to heaven this oscillation keeps us from becoming static and makes us able to learn more and more. "(Chapter 8: The matter of fear)
"Nirvana is also described as being in Union will u something supreme. Arriving at the Nirvanic state one archives union with what the Indian call Brahma,the wholeness; in Christian terms, we would say being in Union with God.
There are similarities in all religions. All the ways point to the same thing. I used to say that if we have trust in road map we will be able to get to the destination in different ways, because the road map shows different roads leading to the same point. The oneness of experience is put into different categories or languages according to our cultures.if we have to explain things, we do it according to our culture because Nirvana has no language and no words. Our explanation or description of experience is not the experience itself something about it."
This is also a book that dropped sophisticated jargon and description, which is essential to the delivery of a universal matter, one with great importance. He wrote with clairty, lucidity, and it is easy to follow. On the other hand, J.K. used different wording (admittedly, more complicated and confusing to a larger group of people) adopted a way of teaching that is more contextualized in our contemporary, consumerism-driven, capitalist world, I'd say reading both would help getting the message more deeply. However, understanding from a literal and intellectual level doesn't mean we have internalized and practiced it...it is not a matter of time, but consistent awareness to the now, but this is the beauty, the legacy of their works.
One thing I gained lucidity from is the understanding of Buddhism as a way of seeing and living to the ultimate truth in relation to other religions. In this book, Dhiravamsa addressed a few confusion and interpretation I had about Buddhism (and religion in general, really) well, a few quotes from the book would speak volume for them:
"In India and here is a dialectical materialism called lokayata which attacks all religions very strongly, saying that all religious use certain holy words to threaten people, such as 'good' and 'evil', 'heaven' and 'hell'. But if we understand what we mean by good and evil, or by heaven and hell, then they do not become a problem in our life. There is nothing absolutely good and nothing absolutely bad. Heaven is not eternal and hell is not its opposite, but they are both experiences in life. We go up to heaven and down to hell. In our experiences, when we torment ourselves,when we experience joy, peace and bliss, we go to heaven this oscillation keeps us from becoming static and makes us able to learn more and more. "(Chapter 8: The matter of fear)
"Nirvana is also described as being in Union will u something supreme. Arriving at the Nirvanic state one archives union with what the Indian call Brahma,the wholeness; in Christian terms, we would say being in Union with God.
There are similarities in all religions. All the ways point to the same thing. I used to say that if we have trust in road map we will be able to get to the destination in different ways, because the road map shows different roads leading to the same point. The oneness of experience is put into different categories or languages according to our cultures.if we have to explain things, we do it according to our culture because Nirvana has no language and no words. Our explanation or description of experience is not the experience itself something about it."
This is also a book that dropped sophisticated jargon and description, which is essential to the delivery of a universal matter, one with great importance. He wrote with clairty, lucidity, and it is easy to follow. On the other hand, J.K. used different wording (admittedly, more complicated and confusing to a larger group of people) adopted a way of teaching that is more contextualized in our contemporary, consumerism-driven, capitalist world, I'd say reading both would help getting the message more deeply. However, understanding from a literal and intellectual level doesn't mean we have internalized and practiced it...it is not a matter of time, but consistent awareness to the now, but this is the beauty, the legacy of their works.
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