old3bob

the working of karma is perfect but karma itself veils the perfect....

right, thanks

not needed since you come off as seemingly knowing everything from A-Z...

"cherry picking" is not exactly a diplomatic term as generally used in conversation, if used for picking a motor out of car it has a more precise in meaning. And to me your explanation leaves lots of room for further interpretation. Btw, I'd say most Buddhists know of the story in their doctrine of how the historic Buddha almost killed himself through extreme methods that he picked which If I remember correctly included near starvation as being one of them...

think about your first sentence above Keith....Did not the historic Buddha teach to question things which you seem to be demeaning by calling it cherry picking? Btw did not that Buddha also do his share or forms of cherry picking along the way which almost killed him?

and of course Advaita Vedanta is only one of the many schools that range from A-Z in Hinduism (so to speak) and thus does represent all of Hinduism as some seem to take for granted.

not the same when or if written off as or bound in illusion.

well I'm no expert but I'd add free of karma and any mental or emotional form of conditioning...

That of course is your take Stirling, (thus a form of or general meaning per much of Buddhism?) Other non-Buddhist schools recognize the transcendent as being transcendent to (for instance not bound by) although at the same time also being part of or the manifest. ("goes far" and a "return" but also never really left, to paraphrase some sayings in Taoism)

nope, but the wicked witch of the west monkeys did take some bites out of me along my way on the yellow brick road.

in the 60's we'd say, "far out dude", which is still applicable in 2025

when i was in 2nd grade our school bus had a route through some desert area where it ran over a Gila monster; its dead body supposedly got stuck between the dual wheels at the back of the bus but we were kept far away from getting a closer look to verify that. Anyway the event was talked about in awe and speculation for several days among us as to whether or not it it survived the run over and might still be around to bite one of us.... yikes

good one but it doesn't sound like that would work with a short haired cat but with thick furred Persian-yes...also the story has parable potential.

I'm not familiar with many Buddhist sayings but a tangent on to the " two truths' saying my take would say awareness of the apparent and of the not-apparent at once.