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Rays of the Absolute - Stephen H. Wolinsky Ph. D.

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Nisargadatta Maharaj,<br />

“ In <strong>the</strong> <strong>Absolute</strong> I do not even know<br />

that I am.”<br />

Buddhism: You may not necessarily be aware <strong>of</strong> your<br />

own enlightenment.<br />

For Maharaj: “<strong>the</strong>re is no such thing as enlightenment,<br />

because <strong>the</strong>re is no entity to be enlightened.”<br />

The Buddha said it this way,<br />

Nirvana means extinction or annihilation.<br />

Therefore, No being has ever entered Nirvana.<br />

All is consciousness, <strong>the</strong>re is no separate individual<br />

independent self.<br />

All is Emptiness <strong>the</strong>re is no separate individual<br />

independent self.<br />

Nargarjuna: Dependent origination or no independent<br />

origination revisited<br />

Nothing ever arises independently <strong>of</strong> something else,<br />

Or nothing ever arises independently <strong>of</strong> emptinessconsciousness,<br />

Or <strong>the</strong>re is no independent sourcing or origination<br />

independent <strong>of</strong> something else,<br />

Or <strong>the</strong>re is no independent sourcing or origination<br />

independent <strong>of</strong> emptiness-consciousness.<br />

The concept <strong>of</strong> source is a metaphor,<br />

The concept <strong>of</strong> source is consciousness,<br />

There is no source.<br />

All is emptiness-consciousness,<br />

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