[Buddha-l] Batchelor

[Joy Vriens]

> Musing about Joy's nostalgia for the 'Unconditioned' a quote [very
> late Wittgenstein] pops up in my mind :
> "Wer nichts hofft und nichts fuerchtet, dem entgleitet die Welt." ;
> that is : "for one who has no hopes or fears the worlds drops away".
> That may be the only realistic way to transcendence. Some people
> close to death seem to get that far.

Mahamudra teachings keep repeating this. Absence of hope and fear is
the ultimate result. Except for the last bit, Mahamudrians would see
it gives one a real grip on the world and an obligation to
disinterested action.

Joy