Ep. 2 – Dropping Out From Karma
Alan Watts Being in the Way
What Would You Do With The Other End?
The dea of the middle way is set up in this fashion, by going to one extreme in order to correct another. This is a very common asian technique, and it is found especially in zen. When they are asked about something sacred, teachers will always answer in terms of something secular. What is the buddha the tree in the garden? The question immediately turns into akind of a metaphysical thing. So when you ask about something secular, they answer in termsof something sacred. And so he saysbut please let me have the other end. He said that there everything is impermanent, in order tocorrect the wrong view that reality lasts forever in time. See,
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