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**Andoror** · 03-02-2011, 09:16 AM

The "rebirth" that ends is the craving and attachment of the mind to an ever-changing reality. The struggle against how life really is. It's just a change in your thoughts, in your world-view or view of life. That's all.

Suddenly came to my mind this story:

Subhuti was Buddha's disciple. He was able to understand the potency of emptiness, the viewpoint that nothing exist except in its relationship of subjectivity and objectivity.
One day Subhuti, in a mood of sublime emptiness, was sitting under a tree. Flowers began to fall about him.
"We are praising you from your discourse on emptiness," the gods whispered to him.
"But I have not spoken of emptiness," said Subhuti.
"You have not spoken of emptiness, we have not heard emptiness," responded the gods. "This is the true emptiness." And blossoms showered upon Subhuti as rain.

Zen Flesh, Zen Bones,
Paul Reps

03-02-2011, 09:16 AM	#5
Andoror Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 647 Senior Member	The "rebirth" that ends is the craving and attachment of the mind to an ever-changing reality. The struggle against how life really is. It's just a change in your thoughts, in your world-view or view of life. That's all. Suddenly came to my mind this story: Subhuti was Buddha's disciple. He was able to understand the potency of emptiness, the viewpoint that nothing exist except in its relationship of subjectivity and objectivity. One day Subhuti, in a mood of sublime emptiness, was sitting under a tree. Flowers began to fall about him. "We are praising you from your discourse on emptiness," the gods whispered to him. "But I have not spoken of emptiness," said Subhuti. "You have not spoken of emptiness, we have not heard emptiness," responded the gods. "This is the true emptiness." And blossoms showered upon Subhuti as rain. Zen Flesh, Zen Bones, Paul Reps
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