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From: Tang Huyen
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 00:00

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robinandlynne wrote: <<It's a wonderful paradox that the more one loses one's defense
of self the more one's individual self is manifested for all the world to enjoy.
(HHDL is the great example of this phenomena) Who can have a feel for Tang?  He's a
guy in a faraway fort.>>

I often say the opposite: the more one loses the sense of self, the more opaque one
becomes to others because one has less of a self for them to read, and the more
others become transparent to one because one has less of a self to stand in the way
and others have more of a chance to appear without obstruction. In the early canon,
the Buddha's mind is unreadable to the gods, because it does not lean on anything and
they can only read minds with leanings.

The less others have a feel for me, the better I feel. That is why I often float past
high heavens.

Tang Huyen

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Subject: Re: Tang's Agenda (was Re: Suicide)( talk.religion.buddhism,alt.religion.buddhism.tibetan,alt.zen,alt.religion.buddhism,alt.religion.buddhism.theravada)
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