Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, the Motherly Buddha, and Lao Tzu

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj says of this: "Both God and the [initiate] know themselves to be the immovable centre of the movable, the eternal witness of the transient."(I AM THAT, p87) And the kun byed rgyal po'i mdo relates a similar position, stating: "The mind of perfect purity is the central vigor of everything. ...from imperceptible stillness itself the unborn truth manifestation emanates. ...[Thus] in the Great Perfection, the self-originated pristine awareness should not be made an object of speculative thinking. No speculation, no movement: pristine awareness!"(p104,137)

Recalling that this last statement comes from ‘The Motherly Buddha of All’, we turn to Lao Tzu for a similar outlook:

“There is a thing inherent and natural,

Which existed before heaven and earth.

Motionless and fathomless,

It stands alone and never changes;

It pervades everywhere and never becomes exhausted.

It may be regarded as the Mother of the Universe.”

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These excerpts are taken from unpublished chapters from

THE WAY OF WONDER, by Jack Haas