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

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or lenses through which theirperception occurs, and how toapply particular understandings,wedges, levers, techniques ordevices to unlock the doorfreeing a student from theiridentification with thoughts,memories, emotions, associations,perceptions etc.It is said for example that theZen Teaching Masters of old hadthe ability to apply a Zen Koan,precisely the correct Koan, alsoreferred to as Turning Words, tothe correct person.This is the art of teachingas opposed to applying orsuperimposing a technique,template, map or a formula withoutthe understanding that eachindividual, given where they are,will require a different key,a different Koan, a differentEnquiry, a different mantra,yantra or tantra for a specifictime, for a specific purpose thatis unique to them, to unlock theirdoor.It is said that a Teaching Masteris able to “read” a student to17
the point that by applying aparticular lever or wedge intotheir process, he both liberatesand dissolves the identificationwith a thought, feeling, emotion,association, perception, image,idea etc. which even the studentmight not realize that “she” or“he” is identified with.This ability, to liberate fromidentification through theapplication of a particularprocess at a particular moment oftime for a particular student, israre.ExampleZen Teaching ApproachHook With BaitMaharaj to “me”: “What spiritualknowledge have you receivedtoday?”Answer: (I was demonstratingthat there was no such thing asspiritual) “What do you mean byspiritual knowledge?”Set Up a Barrier, (and hook andbait).18
Page 2 and 3: The Zen Koan NotebooksCourse ICrack
Page 4 and 5: IntroductionThere is no oneThere is
Page 6 and 7: until 1975, (that there is no sucht
Page 8 and 9: Section OneWATCH YOUR STEP!A WORD O
Page 10 and 11: As we will see Koans, like EnquiryQ
Page 12 and 13: given. What becomes apparent isthat
Page 14 and 15: Many Zen stories of teachersdemonst
Page 16 and 17: who was in the room with me thathis
Page 20 and 21: Maharaj to “me”: ”What was yo
Page 22 and 23: Realize who is in front of themReco
Page 24 and 25: Zen it says that we should let goof
Page 26 and 27: Nisargadatta Maharaj:“… Anyone
Page 28 and 29: teach?” might say, “A dog isbar
Page 30 and 31: unlock the doors of the perceptuali
Page 32 and 33: onto the I Am” which deconstructe
Page 34 and 35: is neti neti (not this not this).Ev
Page 36 and 37: words, a point of view or a fixedpo
Page 38 and 39: also realized that all perceptionsa
Page 40 and 41: larger context, namely Buddhism.Eve
Page 42 and 43: sun, there is nothing special ordif
Page 44 and 45: condensed or solidified emptiness,t
Page 46 and 47: “how” and “where” the Koan
Page 48 and 49: Cracking the Code ofthe Zen Koan Pa
Page 50 and 51: Both Quantum Physics andneuroscienc
Page 52 and 53: First, since there is no separate
Page 54 and 55: or even non-existence areabstracted
Page 56 and 57: No form, form is emptyNo sensation,
Page 58 and 59: Cracking the Code ofthe Zen Koan Pa
Page 60 and 61: The no “I” state is a state, an
Page 62 and 63: There is no self in the veil ofthe
Page 64 and 65: Diamond Sutra: “A bodhisattva who
Page 66 and 67: Diamond Sutra: “I shall liberatea
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(which is an abstraction), noBuddha
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conceivable is dependent upon theab
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All perceptions have a point ofrefe
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Krsna says, “I am the doer andenj
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Cracking the Code ofthe Zen Koan Pa
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To illustrate this “It is as itis
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learned. This “spiritual reframe
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this frustration with thisparticula
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which could be viewed as part ofthe
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meaning by referring to otherwords
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To illustrate, the thought called
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To appreciate this and its depthis
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SMASH THE MIRRORSShattering the mir
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The abstracted path is areflection
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All that you think it is, orimagine
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Enquiry Koan: “Something isnothin
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SECTION IIIdentifying, Unassuming a
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For the water, there are no wavesor
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Zen Saying: “The finger thatpoint
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(teachings) burn themselves out,lea
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Pointers which do not work, areoutd
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This is reminiscent of the poemwher
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Zen Saying: “Realize the true man
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This “jumping of layers” within
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describe or know them. “All” is
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illusionary concept of a “source
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(Hint: There is no source. Thereis
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Practice: Find the sensation prior
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the case of a False Core beliefthat
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I am trappedI must get freeI am not
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The answer rests in thepossibility
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you’re not the body, you’re not
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psychological corner stone,the illu
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He responded, “An Oak Tree.”Cau
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Enquiry Koan: “From where does th
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exists and is better than pastor fu
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on the “you” prior to the word
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This no “I” state represents th
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is somehow mine or body-related,or
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Wave-Station Ten:Identification wit
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experiencer-knower witnesses thecon
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experiencer-experience dyaddissolve
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to appear. Each bubble universeor r
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Therefore, as a working metaphoronl
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THE ABSOLUTE:The Ultimate ThornReal
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Master Daizui replied,“Everything
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BibliographyNisargadata Maharaj See
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The Sound of One Hand Tranlatedby Y
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