Evolution and Intelligent Design

concerned_man SG

This remind me of a story about a monkey got his hand trapped in a jar.

sinweiy SG

55-58. Since this world is created by superstition, or conceptuality [Tib: nam-tog], if we eradicate the creator, superstition, we can attain liberation. The Buddha said that it is superstition that causes us to fall into the ocean of samsara. Therefore, that which is to be avoided is superstition, but the emptiness of superstition, which is like the sky, like empty space, is that which is to be practiced. By achieving this, we will be able to see the absolute nature of existence. Therefore, the bodhisattvas practice is to avoid superstition and thus to achieve the non-superstitious mind. Through the various different means of logicby realizing the emptiness of the produced and of inherent existencewe can avoid superstition and achieve the wisdom of shunyata.

Commentary on "A Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment"
Khunu Lama Rinpoche
http://www.lamayeshe.com/otherteachers/khunu/commentary.shtml

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sinweiy SG

Originally posted by concerned_man:
This remind me of a story about a monkey got his hand trapped in a jar.[/b]

There is a kind of monkey trap used in Asia. A coconut is hollowed out and
attached by a rope to a tree or stake in the ground. At the bottom of the
coconut a small slit is made and some sweet food is placed inside. The
hole on the bottom of the coconut is just big enough for the monkey to
slide in his open hand, but does not allow for a closed fist to passed out.
The monkey smells the sweets, reaches in with his hand to grasp the food
and is then unable to withdraw it. The clenched fist won't pass through
the opening. When the hunters come, the monkey becomes frantic but cannot
get away. There is no one keeping that monkey captive, except the force of
its own attachment. All that it has to do is to open the hand. But so
strong is the force of greed in the mind that it is a rare monkey which can
let go.

It is the desires and clinging in our minds which keep us trapped. All we
need to do is to open our hands. Let go of ourselves, our attachments, and
be free.

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neutral_onliner SG

Ajahn Brahmavamso (or known as Ajahn Brahm) was born in London in 1951. He regarded himself a Buddhist at the age of 17 through his reading of Buddhist books while still at school. His interest in Buddhism and meditation flourished while studying Theoretical Physics at Cambridge University.

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