Living with the Devil by Stephen Batchelor

Author:Stephen Batchelor [Batchelor, Stephen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781101663080
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2005-06-06T16:00:00+00:00

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Learning to Wait

IF THE DEVIL’S CIRCLE spins consoling fictions of a self and world that are unambiguous, controllable, and self-evident, then nirvana, as the stilling of that spin, discloses a self and world that are ambiguous, uncontrollable, and perplexing. The release of nirvana rests in a serene astonishment at a fleeting self and world that simultaneously reveal themselves and withdraw. “Do you know who it is,” asks Lin-chi,

who right now is running around searching this way? He is brisk and lively, with no roots at all. Though you embrace him, you cannot gather him in; though you drive him away, you cannot shake him off. If you seek him, he retreats farther and farther away; if you don’t seek him, then he’s right there before your eyes.

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