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

words, a point of view or a fixedposition?As will be discussed throughout, aZen Teaching Master’s job is likea hen pecking from the outsideof the shell. It is to hatch thestudent/chick that is attemptingto break out of its shell, bynoticing exactly where to peck inorder to free the chick.Nisargadatta Maharaj:“…Breaking the shell comes fromwithin…”Unlike the Neo-Advaita movementof today, the Advaita-Vedanta ofNisargadatta Maharaj determineswhere the student is stuck andliberates the non-existing “I”from that stuck point. In theformer case the existence of the“I” is denied, as its liberatinginsight, which is correct to apoint.However, this no-“I” stateexperience-understandingdoes notaddress the knower of the no-“I”state or who or what knows thatthe “I” is not. Moreover it doesnot probe students to realize35