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- Wed May 12, 2021 9:46 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Song of the Vajra in musical notation?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5418
Re: Song of the Vajra in musical notation?
heres the PDF
- Sun Jan 15, 2017 3:39 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Dzogchen shrines?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4339
- Tue Jan 10, 2017 4:06 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: tetralemma
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1741
Re: tetralemma
heres a serendipity: as i was replying above, wallace stevens reading this poem of his came on the shuffle: Not Ideas About the Thing but the Thing Itself By Wallace Stevens At the earliest ending of winter, In March, a scrawny cry from outside Seemed like a sound in his mind. He knew that he heard ...
- Tue Jan 10, 2017 3:47 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: tetralemma
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1741
Re: tetralemma
"self" "no self" "both" "neither" are rejected as accurate depictions of reality, because reality transcends the four extremes. Even reality does not exist according to the four extremes. Nothing is beyond the four extremes. if you dont like the word "ex...
- Tue Jan 10, 2017 3:22 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: tetralemma
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1741
tetralemma
"self" "no self" "both" "neither" are rejected as accurate depictions of reality, because reality transcends the four extremes. That is, they (and any possible linguistic designations) are all approximations, metaphors, poetry. So, the "no self" teac...
- Sun Jan 08, 2017 4:52 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: Padmakara's Mulamadhyamakakarika
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2221
Re: Padmakara's Mulamadhyamakakarika
I'd go with Siderits's and Katsura's translation from the Sanskrit:
https://books.google.com/books?id=1Y8vd ... &q&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=1Y8vd ... &q&f=false
- Sat Aug 27, 2016 6:32 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Books on Nagarjuna
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1736
Re: Books on Nagarjuna
Nagarjuna's Middle Way: Mulamadhyamakakarika (Classics of Indian Buddhism) Paperback – June 11, 2013
by Mark Siderits (Author), Shoryu Katsura (Author)
by Mark Siderits (Author), Shoryu Katsura (Author)
- Tue Aug 23, 2016 2:07 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: There's buddhadharma and then there the rest
- Replies: 112
- Views: 20927
Re: There's buddhadharma and then there the rest
what he's saying is perfectly clear and understandable.Malcolm wrote:I wish people would understand the context from which he says stuff like this.gad rgyangs wrote:umm... here's the context:Malcolm wrote:
I wish people would understand the context from which he says stuff like this.
- Tue Aug 23, 2016 1:29 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: There's buddhadharma and then there the rest
- Replies: 112
- Views: 20927
Re: There's buddhadharma and then there the rest
even better, here's the whole chapter: EPILOGUE: ON THE NATURE OF SAMANTABHADRA A Conversation with Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Question: Is it possible to conceive of a being that has never entered into dualism, into samsara? Answer: Reading certain tantras it would seem that originally, by the magic of ...
- Tue Aug 23, 2016 1:09 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: There's buddhadharma and then there the rest
- Replies: 112
- Views: 20927
Re: There's buddhadharma and then there the rest
As ChNN says in "On The Nature Of Samantabhadra - A Conversation with Chogyal Namkhai Norbu": I wish people would pay more attention when he says stuff like this. I wish people would understand the context from which he says stuff like this. umm... here's the context: “Reading certain tan...
- Mon Aug 22, 2016 8:03 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: There's buddhadharma and then there the rest
- Replies: 112
- Views: 20927
Re: There's buddhadharma and then there the rest
I wish people would pay more attention when he says stuff like this.dzogchungpa wrote:As ChNN says in "On The Nature Of Samantabhadra - A Conversation with Chogyal Namkhai Norbu":So what is called the primordial Buddha, or Adibuddha, is only a metaphor for our true condition.
- Tue Aug 16, 2016 12:18 am
- Forum: Media
- Topic: the best way to become enlightened
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1487
- Wed Jul 13, 2016 6:16 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: `View` is a concept, right ?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 7681
Re: `View` is a concept, right ?
Buddhist philosophy basically ignored what Nagarjuna actually said while paying him lip service just like Western philosophy ignored Socrates.
- Wed Jul 13, 2016 5:19 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: `View` is a concept, right ?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 7681
Re: `View` is a concept, right ?
Nagarjuna said that the Buddha taught the Dharma for giving up all views. Reality transcends views/concepts. Concepts can be interesting perspectives, but the nature of reality is deeper and more profound than any one concept, or even all concepts together. Each person is a unique "view"; ...
- Thu Jul 07, 2016 1:48 pm
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: reality is a vajra
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4991
- Sun Jun 26, 2016 8:57 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Adi-Buddha on Wikipedia
- Replies: 35
- Views: 9091
Re: Adi-Buddha on Wikipedia
what is his origin?smcj wrote: Per Malcolm:
The so called adibuddha has an origin.
- Thu Jun 23, 2016 7:13 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Illusion
- Replies: 148
- Views: 27314
Re: Illusion
awakening to it is always possible whether or not there is a buddha in the world, re: MMK. That reality is the Dharma, Buddhas realize it. so anyone who awakens to reality is a "Buddha", even if she is from a different tradition (Christianity, Vedanta) or no tradition (philosophy, science...
- Thu Jun 23, 2016 6:53 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Illusion
- Replies: 148
- Views: 27314
Re: Illusion
awakening to it is always possible whether or not there is a buddha in the world, re: MMK. That reality is the Dharma, Buddhas realize it. so anyone who awakens to reality is a "Buddha", even if she is from a different tradition (Christianity, Vedanta) or no tradition (philosophy, science)?
- Thu Jun 23, 2016 6:44 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Illusion
- Replies: 148
- Views: 27314
Re: Illusion
I said we have no choice in letting things go. We cannot hold onto anything, even if we want to. This is the nature of impermanence. It is not something we even need to make a choice about. So even without Buddhadharma we will let go of grasping self? Sure, you recall what Nāgārjuna states in the M...
- Thu Jun 23, 2016 6:38 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Illusion
- Replies: 148
- Views: 27314
Re: Illusion
and of what use is this baroque mythology? If it is not useful to you, I suggest you set it aside without judgement. ok so we're back where we started: I was saying that the standard Buddhist teaching is that we are "trapped" in unending Samsara until we become awake/enlightened by follow...