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

until 1975, (that there is no suchthing as choice, and that therewas no purpose). In 1979 “I” spoketo Nisargadatta Maharaj aboutthis, (that there is no such thingas choice, and that there wasno purpose, and everything justhappens as it happens) wantingto “test my understanding”. Hereplied, “Obviously.”The structure of the Koan howeverwas not revealed in its entiretyfor almost 20 years.This book represents severalthings:1. A cracking of the code of theZen Koan and appreciating theKoan, its “purpose”, “how itworks”, and “where it leads.”2. A completion of the queueof the mind, with itsextraordinary capacity todeconstruct, without any regardfrom a “me”. In other words itjust happens.3. The realization of my belovedSri Nisargadatta Maharaj as the5