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

Cracking the Code ofthe Zen Koan Part IVNo Perceiver No PerceptionA monk asked a Zen Master, “Thesolitary moon is in the sky, fromwhere does its light emanate?”The Master answered, “From wheredoes the moon emanate?”Because there is no perceptionoutside of an abstractedperceiver, there is no self ordharma without the abstractionprocess. Nor is there a world,let alone a moon, outside of theabstraction-wave.All attachments are attachments toan abstracted self. Consequentlya self, a perceiver of a selfand the attacher to a perceptionis based upon a perception, andis not prior to perception andthe abstraction process. Partof the perceptual process is toproduce a perceptual experience,state, station etc. which appearsboundaried and separate from otherstates.70