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in the first place. In the second place, if he comes, the doors will be closed in his face. There is no question of welcoming him. Your question is fundamentally wrong.
In the first place, such a man will never come to the master. He will avoid the master. Even if the master comes close to him, he will escape, just as darkness escapes when you bring the light in.
Have you ever seen darkness coming close to light, just to have a closer look, or to have a little conversation in the middle of the night? No, such a person will not come near to a master. And if by chance he happens to come, the master will close the door in his face.
First he has to clean himself of the lowliest poisons, only then a search for truth can begin.
HOJU REPLIED, "YOU ALSO HAVE NOT AVOIDED ERROR."
Tanku has said to him, "You have already made a mistake by asking the question."
HOJU REPLIED, "YOU HAVE ALSO NOT AVOIDED ERROR
by answering it, in any form. You should have remained silent." Both are masters and just playing with each other.
TANKU CONTINUED, "BE MY FRIEND!"
HOJU ADDED, HIS HAND BY HIS SIDE, "YOU OLD ROBBER!"
This is a greeting in Zen. "You have robbed my heart" -- the old robber.
Meisetsu wrote:
BUTTERFLIES FOLLOW LOVINGLY
THE FLOWER-WREATH
PLACED ON THE COFFIN.
For butterflies there is no difference between death and life.
BUTTERFLIES FOLLOW LOVINGLY THE FLOWER-WREATH PLACED ON THE COFFIN.
This should be the attitude of a meditator: witnessing everything, birth and death, with the same love, with the same clarity, with the same silent witnessing.
Question 2
Maneesha has asked a question:
OUR BELOVED MASTER,
IT IS GENERALLY ACCEPTED THAT EVOLUTION IS FOR THE BETTER, THAT IT IS A PROCESS OF IMPROVEMENT, OF REFINING. BUT FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE MAINTAINS THAT SPECIES DON'T GROW MORE PERFECT, BECAUSE THE WEAKER -- WHO ARE IN THE MAJORITY -- DEFEAT THE STRONG.
WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING?
Maneesha, I agree with Friedrich Nietzsche totally.
Man would have evolved tremendously, but because of the weaker masses Socrates is poisoned.
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