[MD] dharma

[Dwaipayan Lahiri]

Literally translated, Dharma is "Dhr" and "ma", meaning to Uphold the  
Source (Ma == Mother == Source). What is that source? The source of  
everything. So, Dharma is the "The Way" (like Tao) that upholds the  
Source. And everything in this Universe is defined by Whether it is  
adherence with that or not.

Not and Not -- I assume you are talking about Neti Neti.
That is a tool of inquiry used in the Classical Indian schools of  
Darsana (or Philosophy). The purpose of this inquiry starts with a  
simple question, with negation of possible answers:

Who am I? Am I this body that is typing on this keyboard? Am I the  
one who is eating this bagel on a cold winter morning? and so on.
The answer comes "I am not this body, but in this body". I am not  
eating the Bagel, this body is eating the bagel for sustenance. Then  
who am I?

> Marsha, you know i don't dissagree with the not and not not - and  
> other
> shores - is too obfuscated for me - maybe because they cannot see the
> evolutionary picture and must always depend on allegory and metaphor.
>


KO,

There are things that trascend the simplistic world-view that  
everything can be understood by reason and logic. The allegory,  
parables and metaphors of the East are like the Finger pointing to  
the Full Moon. Look at the finger and you'll miss all the beauty and  
the experience of the moon.

Dwai Lahiri
http://www.medhajournal.com





On Dec 18, 2008, at 3:10 AM, kieffer odigaunt wrote:

> Marsha, you know i don't dissagree with the not and not not - and  
> other
> shores - is too obfuscated for me - maybe because they cannot see the
> evolutionary picture and must always depend on allegory and metaphor.
>
> -KO
>
> 2008/12/18 MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net>
>
>>
>> Keith,
>>
>> and patterns...   It's the 'not and not not' that has me twisted.   
>> I can
>> see it as clear as ..., but see nothing.  I read the words and  
>> they fall
>> through me.  Perhaps it's time to paint.
>>
>>
>> Marsha
>>
>>
>>
>> At 04:02 AM 12/18/2008, you wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Marsha,
>>>
>>> teaching and entities of the mind - i see a strong connection  
>>> with the
>>> idea
>>> of memes
>>>
>>> -KO
>>>
>>>
>>> 2008/12/18 MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dharma:  "A Sanskrit word that means "what is real," whether an  
>>>> object,
>>> an
>>>> event, or a teaching.  In the Abhidharma school, the term is  
>>>> applied to
>>>> entities of the mind."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Not and not not, and I am skipping like a scratched 45-rpm record.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Marsha
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> .
>>>> .
>>>>
>>>> Shoot for the moon.  Even if you miss, you'll land among the
>>> stars.........
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