Ross, Nancy Wilson
1913-1986 73 years
1913-1986 73 years
aka: Mrs Stanley Young
American writer, high-society New York art set
married 2x
became interested in Asian religion, Buddhism, etc, and
helped create some books on those subjects in the later
part of her life.
American writer, high-society New York art set
married 2x
became interested in Asian religion, Buddhism, etc, and
helped create some books on those subjects in the later
part of her life.
| Nancy Wilson Ross in her book, The World of Zen, has come very close to the understanding of something which is beyond the mind. But whatever she is saying is only one side of the coin. About koans she is saying, "Again and again it is emphasized that one cannot take hold of the truth merely by abandoning the false." The false has to be known only as false. You don't have to abandon it. Your abandoning shows that you have not understood its falseness. The very understanding of the false is the emergence of the truth. Nancy Wilson Ross is one of those intellectuals who has been trying to introduce Zen to the West. But it is not their experience. They are not themselves buddhas; they are just reporters. Hence, whatever they report – it may come very close to truth, but it cannot be the truth. Some mistake somewhere is bound to happen, because it is not their own experience... --Osho The Zen Manifesto: Freedom From Oneself, ch. 9 |
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