Event Date: Saturday, November 11, 2006

Unleash the Power of Meditation to Experience the Blissful Silence Within

Join Shiv R. Jhawar, author of the book, Building a Noble World, on a journey to a calmer mind and life by exploring the power of the inner Spirit. He will guide you on how to experience the blissful silence within through meditation on the inner Spirit.

The following story may help you understand this blissful silence within:

When Bodhidharma was departing from his disciples, he asked his four disciples the question, “What is truth?”  

The first disciple answered that truth is not in the scriptures, not in the tradition, not in the words. And Bodhidharma said, “You have my skin.”

And he asked the second and the second said, “Truth has to be experienced, it is not a concept, it cannot be thought about. It is not philosophy. It is existential.” And Bodhidharma said, “You have my flesh.”

And he asked the third and the third said, “Truth is when you are not, when the ego disappears. Truth is when the mind is no more. Truth is a state of no-mind.” And Bodhidharma said, “You have my bones.”

Then he asked the fourth disciple -- this disciple was Hui Koju. When he asked Hui Koju, he looked at the Master, fell down at his feet and remained silent. Bodhidharma took him up, hugged him and said, “You have my marrow. And now I am ready to depart. You have all that I have. To a question about truth, only silence can be the answer.”  

The others were sad but still they were saying something. Without saying anything the fourth disciple said it.