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Post by laughter on Jan 26, 2024 21:18:59 GMT -5
What is TAV please? It isn't on the "list" . It sounds like an intellectualized version of (probably) Advaita Vedanta. Why should one adopt it? Traditional Advaita Vedanta. It has more integrity than the modern neo-advaita Vedanta. Certainly this is true in a literal sense. But not a qualitative sense. It is true because there is no " culture" of "neo-advaita".  Surely, you could relate this to something Gurdi' said. I recall reading it in your posts more than once. Something along the lines of "the teaching cannot be codified, and has to emerge differently for every new generation", Are there any active spiritual figures that label themselves as "neo-advaita"? The existential truth cannot be expressed in any certain terms. History seems to tell the tale of various ideas and/or practices catching the interest of large groups of people, but these are always situational. It's the damnedest thing, after all. To my eye the culture that seems closest to acknowledging this is (and I say this as an outsider), Zen. As I believe reefs has pointed out in the past, this is the Taoist chord of Buddhism. "Neo-advaita". I hear a sneer in those words. As zd pointed the other day ... take the shortcut! |
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Post by stardustpilgrim on Jan 26, 2024 21:29:20 GMT -5
Traditional Advaita Vedanta. It has more integrity than the modern neo-advaita Vedanta. Certainly this is true in a literal sense. But not a qualitative sense. It is true because there is no " culture" of "neo-advaita". Surely, you could relate this to something Gurdi' said. I recall reading it in your posts more than once. Something along the lines of "the teaching cannot be codified, and has to emerge differently for every new generation",Are there any active spiritual figures that label themselves as "neo-advaita"? The existential truth cannot be expressed in any certain terms. History seems to tell the tale of various ideas and/or practices catching the interest of large groups of people, but these are always situational. It's the damnedest thing, after all. To my eye the culture that seems closest to acknowledging this is (and I say this as an outsider), Zen. As I believe reefs has pointed out in the past, this is the Taoist chord of Buddhism. "Neo-advaita". I hear a sneer in those words. As zd pointed the other day ... take the shortcut! The Source, the inner teaching, goes underground, and then is given out again at a later time...because distortions creep in, in the outer teaching... |
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Post by laughter on Jan 26, 2024 21:36:52 GMT -5
Certainly this is true in a literal sense. But not a qualitative sense. It is true because there is no " culture" of "neo-advaita". Surely, you could relate this to something Gurdi' said. I recall reading it in your posts more than once. Something along the lines of "the teaching cannot be codified, and has to emerge differently for every new generation",Are there any active spiritual figures that label themselves as "neo-advaita"? The existential truth cannot be expressed in any certain terms. History seems to tell the tale of various ideas and/or practices catching the interest of large groups of people, but these are always situational. It's the damnedest thing, after all. To my eye the culture that seems closest to acknowledging this is (and I say this as an outsider), Zen. As I believe reefs has pointed out in the past, this is the Taoist chord of Buddhism. "Neo-advaita". I hear a sneer in those words. As zd pointed the other day ... take the shortcut! The Source, the inner teaching, goes underground, and then is given out again at a later time...because distortions creep in, in the outer teaching... Thanks, yes, that's about how I remember it.  |
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Post by lolly on Feb 12, 2024 1:37:49 GMT -5
Traditional Advaita Vedanta. It has more integrity than the modern neo-advaita Vedanta. Certainly this is true in a literal sense. But not a qualitative sense. It is true because there is no " culture" of "neo-advaita". Surely, you could relate this to something Gurdi' said. I recall reading it in your posts more than once. Something along the lines of "the teaching cannot be codified, and has to emerge differently for every new generation", Are there any active spiritual figures that label themselves as "neo-advaita"? The existential truth cannot be expressed in any certain terms. History seems to tell the tale of various ideas and/or practices catching the interest of large groups of people, but these are always situational. It's the damnedest thing, after all. To my eye the culture that seems closest to acknowledging this is (and I say this as an outsider), Zen. As I believe reefs has pointed out in the past, this is the Taoist chord of Buddhism. "Neo-advaita". I hear a sneer in those words. As zd pointed the other day ... take the shortcut! I might be a details guy, but I'm also a 'shortcut' guy. |
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Post by laughter on Feb 12, 2024 4:53:14 GMT -5
Certainly this is true in a literal sense. But not a qualitative sense. It is true because there is no " culture" of "neo-advaita". Surely, you could relate this to something Gurdi' said. I recall reading it in your posts more than once. Something along the lines of "the teaching cannot be codified, and has to emerge differently for every new generation", Are there any active spiritual figures that label themselves as "neo-advaita"? The existential truth cannot be expressed in any certain terms. History seems to tell the tale of various ideas and/or practices catching the interest of large groups of people, but these are always situational. It's the damnedest thing, after all. To my eye the culture that seems closest to acknowledging this is (and I say this as an outsider), Zen. As I believe reefs has pointed out in the past, this is the Taoist chord of Buddhism. "Neo-advaita". I hear a sneer in those words. As zd pointed the other day ... take the shortcut! I might be a details guy, but I'm also a 'shortcut' guy. Contrary to popular misconception, the two approaches actually compliment one another.  " If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;" If you can meditate with an intensity of total abandon, while allowing for the sharp insight of the neo-advaitist, that "seeking is a mind game" ... |
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Surely, you could relate this to something Gurdi' said. I recall reading it in your posts more than once. Something along the lines of "the teaching cannot be codified, and has to emerge differently for every new generation",
