Sayings of the Mad Yogi – 4
Posted: July 30, 2012 Filed under: Buddhism, humour, Theravada Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, Zen Buddhism | Tags: humour, mad yogi, non-existent, nothing, zen 5 Comments »For the next teaching in a fortnight, I have chosen the subject Non-existent.
For those who want to, I have created a web-page they can visit.
If they go there, they will find I haven’t written anything.
so that’ll be a teaching on emptiness then !
Yes.
and a teaching on the emptiness of teachings about emptiness…
…and a teaching on the emptiness of teachings on the emptiness of teachings on emptiness.
Actually, Non-existent refers to my fear of death. It has nothing to do with emptiness. It doesn’t matter to me whether things are existent or not – only whether I am aware, or alive. Non-existence terrifies me and it should terrify everyone else, but it doesn’t. Some even crave it, but they don’t, because their behaviour reflects a mind used to existence, only seeking abandonment of temporary pain.