Yutang Lin quote

[3bob]

a requote :

 

By Yutang Lin

 

"Teaching of "Non-form" indicates non-attachment to form.
Misinterpreted, it is adopted as holding to absence of form.
Abiding in no forms at all, one falls into the abyss of void.
Only in no grasping to form or non-form lies true liberation".

 

 

I'd add a spin off of this quote by saying - only in no grasping (which can be a form of fear) to life or death lies true liberation

[dust]

So, we can't say we're 'liberated' until we can honestly say we have no fear of death?

[3bob]

who or what is it that fears?

[Marblehead]

That quote doesn't sound like anything Lin would have translated from Taoism but he did translate a lot of other texts as well so it may be that the quote is in a text of Buddhist thought or perhaps a general discussion of Eastern thought.

 

However, the last line, I think is valid as viewed from either a Buddhist or Taoist perspective.

 

And true, I think, from a certain perspective, if we have already overcome the fear of death there are no longer limits to our life.  And yes, this would allow for true liberation (or freedom).

[Taoist Texts]

I'd add a spin off of this quote by saying - only in no grasping (which can be a form of fear) to life or death lies true liberation

that would be "Abiding in no forms at all, one falls into the abyss of void."

 

so...no.

[dust]

who or what is it that fears?

 

A better word, for me at least, is disquiet.

 

I couldn't explain to you precisely who or what "I" am, but disquiet is felt nonetheless.