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

Nisargadatta Maharaj:“… Anyone who thinks that actionswill get them somewhere isdeluded…”This enabling through hope offersthe illusion of an “I” gettingor becoming enlightened and reenforcesthe seeker identity. Theseeker identity has no intentionof finding, its only intention isseeking. Since we are that whichwe seek, as we seek and look, itremains unseen.Zen Saying: “As you aim for it youturn away from it.”Approaching ZenThe path which comes close todeconstructing itself.Zen, like other “spiritual paths”,presents dialogues, i.e. thestudent who asks the master aquestion and the master who givesthe answer.Koans, like Nisargadatta Maharaj’sEnquiry Questions, are likearrows, wedges, pointers, levers,devices, in a word shocks, calledin Zen Turning Words. Koans act25