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Self … a silent thought-free state of undisturbed peace and total stillness. P. 11

Final verification for me that sat-chit-ananda ~ purnam = nirvana ~ sunyata!

Thank you!

“The only freedom man has is to strive for and acquire the jnana…”

“Man is free either to identify himself with the body and be attached to the fruits of its actions, or to be detached from it and be a mere witness of its activities.” P.223

“Ego is non-existent”. P. 223

Anatta - no self, no ego but in Advaita Vedanta a Self/Sat-Chit-Ananda remains as adhisthana/substrate/all pervading while the Buddha describes it as sunyatha/nirvana(fire died out/extinguished/no longer blowing). Oh so ancient vedic concept of fire as manifesting and creating all.

“Why did the Self manifest as this miserable world? In order that you might seek it.” P. 214

This is a perfect wish for Valentine’s day. Seek the Self and find it’s bliss within!

“Worship God with or without form till you know who you are.” P. 207

“Worship God with or without form till you know who you are.” P. 207

Discourse 5 - Flight of an Arrow- do not allow continuity of awareness to be interrupted.

Amazing discourse to get one practicing rather than procrastinating or contemplating without realizing they have not become/experienced “real being”.

Webu Sayadaw, /\

“””empathy is achieved by recognizing that you and all others - whether friends, enemies, or neutral parties - share a central a central aspiration by wanting happiness and not wanting suffering, even if you view happiness and suffering differently.” P. 206

guṇān etān atitya trin dehi deha-samudbhavān janma-mṛtyu-jarā-duḥkhair vimukto ‘mṛtam aśnute Gita 14.20 When embodied being is able to transcend these 3 modes a/w material body, he can become free from birth, death, old age & their distresses & can enjoy nectar even in this life.” Modes = gunas. Birth, disease, old age, dying the very things Buddha despaired of in life and liberated from by mind.

“In other words, consciousness, which is the integral feature of the spiriton, is not a product of matter.”

“the inadequacies of the materialistic paradigm which identifies life as an emergent property of matter.”

P. 155: P. 155: “I” and mind-body are inherently different contemplate he says and gives absurdity of this — but this not absurd! “I” is “a figment of the imagination or [be] permanent” “I” does not have “any physical or mental characteristics”. Oh, Ramana, help have conversation with this odd understanding of modern Buddhists for “annatta”. ^

P. 153: “This which seemed to exist in itself is seen to depend on thought.” This is one of the most difficult concepts not just chapter! What is this thought thing that creates this “I” thought?
So it proceeds from “perceiving” the object adding raga/dvesha/neutral labels etc. BUT, what “perceives” to start the cycle of dependent arising?!