THE 'WEI WU WEI' ARCHIVES




WHY LAZARUS LAUGHED
The Essential Doctrine Zen-Advaita-Tantra

WEI WU WEI

(© Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1960)


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CONTENTS:

THE TITLE OF THIS BOOK
PREFACE
PROLEGOMENON

1. REVALUATION OF VALUES 1: THREE FALSE VALUES
2. BUDDHAS FOR BURNING
3. MAN IS A RIVER
4. PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN
5. LIVING BACKWARDS
6. POLICEMEN DISGUISING THEMSELVES AS THIEVES IN ORDER TO CATCH THEMSELVES
... ARMCHAIR TRAVELLING
7. LE FANTOCHE
8. FREE-WILL VERSUS DETERMINISM
9. FREE-WILL 2
... FREE-WILL 3
10. FREEDOM 1
.... FREEDOM 2
11. DEBRIS
12. TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK
.... POACHED EGGS (ALL OF US)
13. GROUP EGOISM
14. TRAVAIL
.... DREAM FIGURES. 'AS BELOW ...'
15. THE MAN IN THE MOON
16. YOU MUST DIG DEEP TO BURY YOUR SHADOW
17. THE REASON
18. DEFINITIONS
19. THE GREAT JOKE
20. DEFINITIONS OF NON-ATTACHMENT
21. BOOING THE VILLAIN
.... COCK-A-DOODLE-DO
.... THE ARTICHOKE - ECSTASIS
22. INTEGRATION
23. DEBRIS
.... THE EYE
24. PURE CONSCIOUSNESS
.... TAO
25. TRANSCENDING SPACE
.... DUALISM IS A FUNCTION OF TRIDIMENSIONALITY
26. TRANSCENDING TIME
27. THE DREAMER
28. UNCOMMON-SENSE REGARDING REINCARNATION
29. UNICITY 1
.... UNICITY 2
30. GOOD MORNING
31. THE HOUSE OF CARDS
32. DREAMS AND REALITY
33. FREE-WILL 4
34. LA VIDA ES SUENO
35. THE ONE FREEDOM
36. UNICITY 3
37. THE BOGIE
38. THE THREE KNOWN DIMENSIONS ARE EXTERNAL: THE FOURTH IS WITHIN THE MIND
.... FREE-WILL 5
39. THE PRESENT INCLUDES PAST AND FUTURE
40. THE COMMUNICATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE COMMUNICATION OF UNDERSTANDING
41. THE SPANNER
42. THE COLUMN OF SMOKE
43. OTHER ASPECTS OF THE DREAM WE ARE LIVING
44. TO BE OR NOT TO BE
45. KITTENS IN WOOL
46. DEFINITIONS 2
47. L'ART MODERNE
48. BETWEEN OURSELVES
.... QUESTIONS THAT ARE NOT
49. DEMOCRACY
.... DEMOPHILY
50. MUTT AND JEFF
51. 'PROGRESS'
52. IMPASSE
53. THE MIND IS A MOON
.... THE DAY OF PSEUDO-GLORY
54. KARMA: A SUGGESTION
.... FREE-WILL 6
55. DUALISM IN DUODIMENSIONAL TIME
56. DÉBRIS
.... DEFINITIONS 3
57. US
58. LET IT GROW
59. THE SECOND BARRIER
60. SPONTANEITY
61. WILL 1
.... WILL 2
.... WILL 3
62. SEEKING FOR SATORI
.... SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE
.... SUCHNESS
63. THERE IS NO 'I' BUT I
64. LIFE: A DEFINITION
65. THE OPPOSITES AND COMPLEMENTARIES
66. SUBJECT AND OBJECT
67. FREE-WILL 7
68. WHAT AM I?
69. THE FACT OF THE MATTER
70. DEFINITION OF SPONTANEITY
71. THE LAST LAP
72. ENLIGHTENMENT
.... SPONTANEITY 2
.... PERSONALISED DEITY
.... TRANSCENDING DUALISM
.... SHOW A LEG
73. WHO ARE WE?
74. ABSOLUTELY US
.... THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER
75. OBJECTS IN DUALITY ARE NOT SUBJECTS IN DUALITY
76. EXISTING, NOT-EXISTING, OR NOT NOT-EXISTING?
77. REINTEGRATING THE SUBJECT
78. SENSE AND NON-SENSE
79. THE DHARMA
80. EVASION
81. METAPHYSICAL ANALYSIS OF WHAT WE ARE
82. 1. RESOLVING OUR PERSONAL DUALITY 1
.... 2. THE PROCESS OF RELEASE
.... 3. INFUSION
83. THE REASON WHY
84. AWAKENING BY MEANS OF THE DREAM CAN ONLY BE DREAMING THAT WE ARE AWAKE
85. THE CRIMINAL 1
86. THE CRIMINAL 2
87. STREET SCENE
.... TINKLE TINKLE
88. RESOLVING OUR PERSONAL DUALITY 2
89. GEOMETRICAL REPRESENTATION OF OUR MULTIDIMENSIONAL REALITY
90. THE TERM 'ENLIGHTENMENT'
91. THE ESSENTIAL EXPLANATION 1
92. DO WE KNOW HOW TO READ?
93. IS IT A CONCEPT?
94. QUIDDITY
95. REVERENCE
96. BEING
..... HOMO SAPIENS
..... KARUNA-CARITAS
..... THE PRESENT
97. THE POSSIBILITY OF REINCARNATION
98. I AM, OR THE ULTIMATE SUBJECT
99. TRANSCENDENCE - WHAT IT IS
100. THE WRATH OF GOD
101. TRANSCENDENCE OR NEUTRALISATION?
102. DUALITY OR DUALISM?
...... PERSONAL
103. THE ESSENTIAL EXPLANATION 2
104. REINCARNATION: ULTIMATE OBSERVATION
105. THE ESSENTIAL EXPLANATION 3: THE BIG BLACK CLOUD
106. PERCEPTION OF REALITY
...... DIRECT COGNITION
107. ONE HALF OF A PAIR
108. DEMOCRACY 2
...... ENDS AND MEANS
109. DUSTING THE PARROT
110. GOOD-BYE, OLD MAN
111. VALE

EPILOGUE

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