Friday, January 27, 2006

No basis for suffering

[Charlie Hayes]: Sureshwara, appointed Shankaracharya of the South by Adi Shankara, noted, "If you believe suffering to be inevitable you are welcome to keep it!"

I would add "If you or I believe in a "Me" for which that suffering is inevitable, we are welcome to keep it."

[John Wheeler]: With the dismantling of the concept of "I" comes the complete resolution of psychological doubts and suffering. If there is no "I", there is no separation and no basis for suffering.

http://www.advaita.org.uk/discourses/teachers/
seeking_hayes_wheeler.htm