Indeed, the very simplicity of Truth causes her to pass unnoticed.
While to the superficial observer; the student who is mentally eager but
who lacks the wonderful penetrating power of spiritual insight, there seems
to be a great complexity in Oriental philosophy, the fact is, that the
entire aggregation of systems is simple enough when we have the key.
One of the stumbling blocks; the inexplicable enigma to many Occidental
students, is the problem of the preservation, of the Self, and the constant
admonition to become selfless. The two appear paradoxical.
How may the Self acquire consciousness and yet become selfless?
Throughout the Oriental teachings, no matter which of the many systems we
study, we find the oft-repeated declaration that liberation can never be
accomplished and Nirvana reached, by him "who holds to the idea of self."
It is this universally recognized aphorism which has given rise to the
erroneous conception of Nirvana as absorption of all identity.
Hakuin Daisi, the St.
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