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- Tue Nov 17, 2020 6:53 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Continuity
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3672
Re: Continuity
What do you hope to gain from the answer? A deeper understanding of the nature of how things exist in time. The notion of a continuum is a human idea, albeit a very powerful one. Modern mathematics (e.g. Calculus, the mathematics of motion and change) hinges upon it. But like all ideas in mathemati...
- Wed Jul 22, 2020 12:27 am
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Existence-Time
- Replies: 98
- Views: 13943
Re: Existence-Time
Keep in mind, by watching it, will you alter its content? :smile: Does there exist objective content to be altered or to remain the same? My awareness of its content will become definite. Your awareness of its content, being already definite, will not change. One way to interpret this situation is ...
- Tue Jul 21, 2020 9:45 pm
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Existence-Time
- Replies: 98
- Views: 13943
Re: Existence-Time
I have not… thank you for sharing!PadmaVonSamba wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2020 9:25 pm While I process your last post, you might enjoy this video if HH Dalai Lama’s meeting with quantum scholars, if you haven’t already seen it (or have already seen it?)
- Tue Jul 21, 2020 9:17 pm
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Existence-Time
- Replies: 98
- Views: 13943
Re: Existence-Time
I have a book on quantum theory. To test it out, I never opened the book to read it. :lol: :rolling: This reminds me of a similar argument, that at night, when the Louve Art museum turns off its lights, the painting of the Mona Lisa isn’t there any more, because without light reflecting off the sur...
- Tue Jul 21, 2020 3:34 pm
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Existence-Time
- Replies: 98
- Views: 13943
Re: Existence-Time
All there is, is an ongoing stream of ever changing conditions. Going back to the example of schroedinger’s cat, all of the elements and energy are flowing as conditions that are perpetually experienced (by our senses and our mental definitions) as a comparatively small object with fur and claws, w...
- Tue Jul 21, 2020 1:29 am
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Existence-Time
- Replies: 98
- Views: 13943
Re: Existence-Time
As long as there are things that you question (and there probably always should be, if you are a scientist) then that means there is always phenomena of which you are unaware. The “proof” is that 1. you don’t know everything. [...] This is actually the thrust of the question. It is certainly accura...
- Mon Jul 20, 2020 3:40 pm
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Existence-Time
- Replies: 98
- Views: 13943
Re: Existence-Time
Obviously, there is much phenomena occurring of which one has no awareness, simply because the conditions do not include one’s awareness. [...] This is actually not obvious to me (although it seemed to be, once upon a time… ). Being of a scientific mindset, I think it was mainly the delayed-choice ...
- Sun Jul 19, 2020 10:29 pm
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Existence-Time
- Replies: 98
- Views: 13943
Re: Existence-Time
Thought-provoking stuff… thanks again for sharing. The classical Buddhist assertion about time is a) time is measured by the duration of mental event, b) time depends on the perception of objects. When there is no perception of objects, time, subjectively, vanishes. That makes sense, and (b) on its...
- Sun Jul 19, 2020 9:18 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Limitless beings
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1882
Re: Limitless beings
How could anyone save all beings if they are numberless? Wouldn't that mean a bodhisattva would never pass into final enlightenment? As javier mentioned, I think the point is to focus one's mind and intentions in a way that does not depend upon a phenomenological goal. I would add also that "i...
- Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:52 pm
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Existence-Time
- Replies: 98
- Views: 13943
Re: Existence-Time
Seems a bit quiet in here - let's see if anyone wants to talk about Existence-Time (uji) In Zen time and existence are not two different things; time is always existence-and-time, existence is always existence-and-time. This view is most clearly and comprehensively demonstrated in Shobogenzo’s deve...
- Sat Jan 25, 2020 9:04 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: What Is just (((IS)))
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1964
- Sat Jan 25, 2020 7:00 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: What Is just (((IS)))
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1964
Re: What Is just (((IS)))
- Sat Jan 25, 2020 5:48 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: What Is just (((IS)))
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1964
Re: What Is just (((IS)))
Logically, neither the presence of What Is, nor the fact that It has ANY discernible features at all (let alone It's two permanent ones [one of which can be justifiably conceptualized as 'Ever-changing Form', and the other as 'Ever-changeless Formlessness'] and all of It's many impermanent ones [ea...
- Wed Jan 22, 2020 7:51 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Issues with ending a friendship
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4466
Re: Issues with ending a friendship
So I ended a friendship recently, not the closest friend, but we had some in depth conversations and such over a period of a couple years. I usually let other people decide whether or not to be friends with me and make a point of never cutting people off, but in this case I couldn't take it. I'm le...
- Tue Jan 07, 2020 4:21 am
- Forum: Meditation
- Topic: Cessation of dukkha
- Replies: 72
- Views: 13634
Re: Cessation of dukkha
[...] But isn't it impossible to stop consciousness? Focusing on one object is still a conscious thought. Consciousness does not stop. Or should we not try to stop consciousness but only those conscious thoughts that lead to dukkha? The theme of "stopping consciousness" also arises in dis...
- Tue Dec 24, 2019 7:42 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Faith & logic
- Replies: 50
- Views: 6062
Re: Faith & logic
My somewhat zen perspective is that all methods of Buddhadharma work to get rid of ego’s self-grasping. For me, logic is a kind of discriminating wisdom that destroys wrong views. Without these obscurations, reality of suchness will reveal itself and Buddha nature will shine. For me, Faith is faith...
- Tue Dec 24, 2019 6:43 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Faith & logic
- Replies: 50
- Views: 6062
Re: Faith & logic
Sure, but at the same time one could argue that if you are being entirely logical and rational, one would also need a logical and rational reason to suspect that The Buddha in particular, might be lying or saying untrue things, etc. It's understandable, but at the same time, not exactly logical to ...
- Sun Dec 22, 2019 8:29 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Faith & logic
- Replies: 50
- Views: 6062
Re: Faith & logic
They complement each other perfectly. It's entirely logical to have faith in someone (Buddha) who, so far, has shown you nothing but true and beneficial things. It's quite logical to have faith in someone who has an impeccable reputation for being wise, truthful and never untruthful. It's very logi...
- Sun Dec 22, 2019 6:12 pm
- Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
- Topic: Experiences with spirits
- Replies: 72
- Views: 7491
Re: Experiences with spirits
To avoid any debates over paranormal phenomena, for sake of discussion, I assume below that it is more conventionally accurate to say "ghosts exist" than to say "ghosts do not exist". The classical description of Hungry Ghosts I am familiar with characterizes beings with large st...
- Sat Dec 21, 2019 10:36 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Faith & logic
- Replies: 50
- Views: 6062
Re: Faith & logic
Believe it or not, I'm not here to argue for arguing's sake. So I'm not going to uselessly engage on this point. But I should explain why I'm focusing on this. Earlier you said: So, everyone's conceptual view of the (for now, presumably objective) world is individualized and unique to them And my i...