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The Zen of Advaita - Stephen H. Wolinsky Ph. D.

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experiencer-experience dyaddissolves.Nisargadatta Maharaj referred toprior to awareness or prior to thelight <strong>of</strong> awareness as unawareness.Or another way <strong>of</strong> saying it is NotAwareness.To illustrate another level <strong>of</strong>Not Awareness or Not the Light <strong>of</strong>Awareness, we can recall the <strong>Zen</strong>story mentioned in Wave-stationOne, namely:Te-shan was sitting outside doingzazen.Lung-t’an asked him why he didn’tgo back home.Te-shan answered, “Because it isdark.”Lung-t’an then lit a candle andhanded it to him.As Te-shan was about to take it,Lung-t’an blew it out. Te-shan hada sudden realization, and bowed.153

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