[MD] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: Thus Spake Lila...

[MarshaV]

Hi Michael,  

I question the statement "It may lead to a certain pacification once attained."   Is this your experience or some dogma?  


Marsha 





On Jul 28, 2011, at 7:20 AM, Michael R. Brown wrote:

> Marsha V -
> 
> Like a joke, it loses upon explanation. But for you ...
> 
> So in the novel "Lila," there's a girl named Lila.
> 
> There's also the reason she was called Lila - the Hindu Lila, the "play" or "sporting about" of Brahman by which this world arises.
> 
> In one thread of Hindu philosophic practice, one thread is to penetrate Lila - to break through the play or sporting about and realize that the world is a game.
> 
> Which is an exciting pursuit, but - and this is a big part of the point of the practice - it may lead to a certain pacification once attained.
> 
> So it was with the novel-Lila.
> 
> Penetration - get it?
> 
> Joy - and danger.
> 
> 
> MRB
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