The surest way to mind fuck is not to read two contrary books but two complimentary books. I am currently reading A journey through Jainism by MS Abhinandan and Siddhatha by Herman Hess. I read one in the morning and the other at night. how much philosophy can you tolerate at one go? The former is an account and factual narration of jain principles and history; the latter is set as a novel of a man’s thirst for truth in the time of Buddha. Full mind fuck. Rarely does one come across simple English philosophy and not the screw ball robin sharma types but deep rooted types. And to get two books together and that one happens to read then together is not something that happens often. As of this time both seem to be a cracker of a book. Let’s see how they pan out. They are quite chotu books in almost pocket size, but they are something one cant read fast. Typical process is like reading, introspection, reading, dreaming, reading, distraction and therefore rereading… something like that. They don’t finish fast enough. After this the perfect book to read would be the God Delusion. This would be a complete 360 degree view of the world I guess….. dimag ka dahi ke barabar hoga.
Also very rarely does one get four unputdownables in a row. I have been four times lucky. Lets see the fifth book… depends on what I pick up.
Reading the book on Jainism I was reading about the four simple principles, not to lie, not to hurt, not to be greedy and not to steal. Bahut hi simple hai. I figured these some time back in my life and I try to follow them. Most are relatively simple to follow except the not to lie. I am by most standards truthfull, but a few white lies come about and some real bad ones in the course of business. I don’t outright lie, but if the greater good is for the company then sometimes white lie surface and sometimes clear lies. I try to minimize but what to do. The job demands it at times. But no lying to boss, peers and bachas. Overall honesty still rules. That’s the only thing that takes you further.
Also very rarely does one get four unputdownables in a row. I have been four times lucky. Lets see the fifth book… depends on what I pick up.
Reading the book on Jainism I was reading about the four simple principles, not to lie, not to hurt, not to be greedy and not to steal. Bahut hi simple hai. I figured these some time back in my life and I try to follow them. Most are relatively simple to follow except the not to lie. I am by most standards truthfull, but a few white lies come about and some real bad ones in the course of business. I don’t outright lie, but if the greater good is for the company then sometimes white lie surface and sometimes clear lies. I try to minimize but what to do. The job demands it at times. But no lying to boss, peers and bachas. Overall honesty still rules. That’s the only thing that takes you further.
when the cell phones first came out i figure that thae market for cell phones would be 100 to a 1000 cells at the most.
Now i think the BMC will soon come with a policy of sweepers not allowed to carry cell phones while they are at work.
check out 'if you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him!' by sheldon b. kopp
ReplyDeletehmmm... searching for it i got an interetsing para that got me intereted. let me see if i can get my hands on it.: -
ReplyDeleteThe Zen Master warns: "If you meet Buddha on the road, kill him!" This admonition points up that no meaning that comes from outside ourselves is real. The Buddhahood of each of us has already been obtained. We need only recognize it. Killing the Buddha on the road means destroying the hope that anything outside of ourselves can be our master. We must each give up the master without giving up the search. The importance of things lies in the way we have learned to think about them. How often we make circumstances our prison and other people our jailers! At our best we take full responsibility for what we do and what we choose not to do. The most important struggles take place within the self.