The note criticizes someone for being arrogant, wealthy, and uncurious, comparing them to a camel stuck at a needle’s eye. It argues that true learning and spiritual insight come only from humble se...
No, it doesn't criticize someone for being wealthy.
Wealth in that PARABLE is a veiled expression of ideological attachments.
It's the same lesson being taught by the Zen koan about "emptying your tea cup".
The lesson is that you must pay the cost to gain education.
The "wealthy" are those who are attached to their ideological "possessions" and won't give them up in pursuit of greater ideological possessions.
Also, I made a mistake above. I should have said "the eye of THE needle" not "the eye of A needle". It was a specific, after hours entrance into the city once the main gate was barricaded after sun down.
Wealth in that PARABLE is a veiled expression of ideological attachments.
It's the same lesson being taught by the Zen koan about "emptying your tea cup".
The lesson is that you must pay the cost to gain education.
The "wealthy" are those who are attached to their ideological "possessions" and won't give them up in pursuit of greater ideological possessions.
Also, I made a mistake above. I should have said "the eye of THE needle" not "the eye of A needle". It was a specific, after hours entrance into the city once the main gate was barricaded after sun down.
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