Sublime

There is still a division between the prajna or wisdom, and the owner of that wisdom. Even the feeling, “I have realized God,” should go. Then you are completely free.

To seek one’s Self and merge in the Self: that is wisdom.

What are the marks of a real teacher [sadguru]? A: Steady abidance in the Self, looking at all with an equal eye unshakeable courage at all times, in all places and circumstances.2

To put it quite simply, the seeming austerity was not in quest of Realization but as a result of Realization. He has explicitly said that there was no more sadhana (quest or striving) after the spiritual Awakening at his uncle’s house at Madura.

As Foucault tried to tell us, any dissemination of information—which the dharma is—is inherently an exercise of power. As such, any claim that “I’ve got the answer” is also a claim of authority, of “listen to me.” Yet for all the venerable guru traditions in Buddhism, I am struck by how different the Buddha himself was when it came to questions of

‘Who am I?’ or ‘Where does this I come from?’ –

The individual is solitary always. His business is to find it out within,

The question really means, what is the source or origin of this ego?

In the absence of distractions, when the mind is still, there is Ananda. When the light of attention relaxes onto itself, when focus comes back to being-knowing and stays there, joy radiates.