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longdesays...No, it's that babies have a 'pure' mind, unencumbered by the layers of conditioning and restraint we put on ourselves. He completely addresses each moment as it comes, without regard for context. When the fight song plays, he hates it and cries. When the more melodic tune plays, he disregards what happened moments before, and enjoys the tune.
Buddhists spend their lives to reach such a state. There is a koan that highlights this:
A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of the root of a wild vine and swung himself down over the edge. The tiger sniffed at him from above. Trembling, the man looked down to where, far below, another tiger was waiting to eat him. Only the vine sustained him.
Two mice, one white and one black, little by little started to gnaw away the vine. The man saw a luscious strawberry near him. Grasping the vine with one hand, he plucked the strawberry with the other. How sweet it tasted!
GeeSussFreeKsays...Isn't pure mind just another way of saying "stupid"
JK
antsays...Maybe hates the tones?
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