From: Scott Roberts (jse885@cox.net)
Date: Sun Aug 07 2005 - 03:21:42 BST
DMB,
DMB quotes:
Pirsig in ZAMM p143:
"In all of the Oriental religions great value is placed on the Sanskrit
doctrine of Tat tvam asi, "Thou art that," which asserts that everything you
think you are and everything you think you perceive are undivided. To
realize fully this lack of division is to become enlightened."
From Campbell's THOU ART THAT: Transforming Religous Metaphor:
"Already in the 8th century B.C., in the Chhandogya Upanisad, the key word
to such a meditation is announced; TAT TVAM ASI, "Thou art That", or "You
yourself are It!".
Scott drags in the Middle Way:
One cannot say "thou art That".
One cannot say :"thou art not That".
One cannot say "thou art both That and not That".
One cannot say "thou art neither That nor not That".
One cannot say "everything is divided".
One cannot say "everything is undivided".
One cannot say "everything is both divided and undivided".
One cannot say "everything is neither divided nor undivided".
- Scott
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