Experience of interbeing

Q.Isn’t Buddhism about the experiential and the verifiable? You say that the father never dies, that he continues in the son, and that a son can transform what his ancestors did. Doesn’t it then become mythical?

A.Consciousness cannot be confined by time and space. That the flower contains the cloud is a truth. Everything is still present in every cell of your body. Looking deeply, you see the suffering and you transform that suffering to be Blissful. We are the confirmation of our ancestors, not just of our mother and father.… So, we are touching the continuum not just biologically but also spiritually.… Direct experience is a mystical, deep experience; it is difficult to put it into words. Can you convey the taste of a mango to one who has never eaten the fruit? That direct experience is mystical.

Q.Krishn is seen as the embodiment of ananda, or bliss, even though his family and friends were murdered.


A.To be Bliss, you need to transcend suffering, for, by doing so, you are able to experience the ultimate dimension, what is called the Kingdom of God, of Interbeing. So, Krishn could do that.… When you transform yourself so that you overcome suffering, you also have transcended all the suffering experienced by family and friends. In that sense, you transform your ancestors and become Bliss.