[Buddha-l] Tortoise mind?

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

jkirk schreef:
>
> Hi Erik
> I agree with you about the dualistic frame of the Gita message.
> However, as I've said before, I don't agree that the mind can be
> completely separated from sensing. But that idea certianly justifies 
> the Gita's message.
>
I remember a passage from the Kausitaki Upani.sad, where it's argued 
that the 'devas' have retired from a person while he is asleep, because 
he doesn't see, hear etc. Often it's said (I don't remember if that's 
the case in this passage) that the prana's retire into the heart at deep 
sleep. So the general idea was in India that senses without consiousness 
are like an electric microphone or camara without batteries.
We can learn about a nonsensing mind in practical terms from the 
experiments with sensory deprevation i.e. the satori tank.


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Erik


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