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by takso
Wed Oct 26, 2022 7:05 am
Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
Topic: Two Truths Doctrine
Replies: 102
Views: 8933

Re: Two Truths Doctrine

The verdict is that all phenomena are dependent, i.e. it does not exist in an intrinsic way like this or that on their own sides, unrelated to the consciousness that perceives them. Any conclusions made are merely two sides of the same coin. For general understanding, our mind is the chief architect...
by takso
Tue Mar 08, 2022 6:38 am
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Exists doesnt Exist?
Replies: 8
Views: 2358

Re: Exists doesnt Exist?

Mind Is The Forerunner Of All Things All realities and fallacies are in the mind, All observations and perceptions are in the mind, All labelling and stereotyping are in the mind, What else is not in the mind? You have a mind, I have a mind, and we all have respective minds, even a rock. A mind is ...
by takso
Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:54 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Do devas & hell beings experience time differently than we do?
Replies: 27
Views: 2540

Re: Do devas & hell beings experience time differently than we do?

Every once in a while I hear someone say something like one day in the heaven realms is like 1 eon for earthlings, but other times people make it sound like we all experience time the same way. Time is a dimension created by mankind to measure events such as becoming processes. In dependent nature,...
by takso
Wed Aug 19, 2020 7:16 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Suffering
Replies: 13
Views: 1637

Re: Suffering

In English, suffering is defined as the state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship and it is a word translation from the Latin – sufferre that means to bear, undergo, endure, carry or put under. The word suffering seems to appear in every nook and cranny of Buddhism. And generally, one would te...
by takso
Fri Jan 10, 2020 10:31 am
Forum: Meditation
Topic: Cessation of dukkha
Replies: 72
Views: 13430

Re: Cessation of dukkha

What is dukkha? In English, dukkha is translated as suffering. And suffering is defined as the state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship. However, suffering is a word translation from the Latin – sufferre that means to bear, undergo, endure, carry or put under. The word suffering seems to appe...
by takso
Fri Jan 10, 2020 3:33 am
Forum: Meditation
Topic: Cessation of dukkha
Replies: 72
Views: 13430

Re: Cessation of dukkha

Consciousness-In-Individuality (Mind) All realities and fallacies are in the mind, All observations and perceptions are in the mind, All labeling and stereotyping are in the mind, What else is not in the mind? You have a mind, I have a mind, and we all have respective minds, even a rock. A mind is ...
by takso
Mon Mar 04, 2019 6:26 am
Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
Topic: The Experience of Buddhism Sliding into Nihilism
Replies: 14
Views: 3513

Re: The Experience of Buddhism Sliding into Nihilism

Now to my point, or what I am struggling with. I feel like by letting go of the ego, attachments, and seeking pure awareness, I am inching closer to nihilism where nothing matters and everything is ultimately meaningless. This is not a place where I want to be. I hope I can get some help with this ...
by takso
Fri Mar 01, 2019 9:40 am
Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
Topic: What Exactly is 'Reborn'?
Replies: 59
Views: 9260

Re: What Exactly is 'Reborn'?

Rebirth , reborn implying something or someone from A point shift to B point , but , in actual there is only a kind of Continuation where it manifest after a "Gap" occurs (death / disintegration) . Therefore , reborn or rebirth is a inappropriate description of the situation . Nothing is ...
by takso
Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:45 am
Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
Topic: What Exactly is 'Reborn'?
Replies: 59
Views: 9260

Re: What Exactly is 'Reborn'?

Buddhism rejects the term ‘transmigration’ or ‘reincarnation’ altogether, but why? Literally, ‘trans-’ is a prefix meaning through or across. And transmigration denotes the movement or conveyance from place to place. If we mention that a soul would transmigrate from a body to another new body, it me...
by takso
Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:27 am
Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
Topic: proof of nirvana?
Replies: 53
Views: 11496

Re: proof of nirvana?

One could only catch a glimpse of nirvana when the dust settles after the mind is neutered.
by takso
Fri Jan 11, 2019 3:08 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Is there time for bodhisattvas?
Replies: 9
Views: 2319

Re: Is there time for bodhisattvas?

What does time mean? Time is a dimension or simply a way of measurement for the becoming processes. This means time alone is created by the mind and therefore, it is subjective rather than objective in its nature of orientation. To become is to exist; to exist is to become. Therefore, time does not ...
by takso
Fri Jan 11, 2019 2:54 am
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Existence
Replies: 266
Views: 45841

Re: Existence

All realities and fallacies are in the mind, All observations and perceptions are in the mind, All labelling and stereotyping are in the mind, What else is not in the mind? You have a mind, I have a mind, and we all have respective minds, even a rock. A mind is nothing but a vibrational frequency, A...
by takso
Fri Dec 14, 2018 10:49 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Question about Nagarjuna's Heart of Dependent Origination
Replies: 18
Views: 4353

Re: Question about Nagarjuna's Heart of Dependent Origination

Another definition for the extremely subtle entities is energy. Energy is a quality that is universal i.e. it is inherent existing and dependent arising concurrently. And the alternate expression for energy is emptiness. When one sees into energy, one sees into emptiness; when one sees into emptines...
by takso
Fri Dec 14, 2018 2:52 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Question about Nagarjuna's Heart of Dependent Origination
Replies: 18
Views: 4353

Re: Question about Nagarjuna's Heart of Dependent Origination

Link Here : http://www.lotsawahouse.org/indian-masters/nagarjuna/heart-dependent-origination In verse 6, he says, "Then, as for extremely subtle entities, Those who regard them with nihilism, Lacking precise and thorough knowledge, Will not see the actuality of conditioned arising." Can a...
by takso
Wed Aug 08, 2018 9:30 am
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: What's the meaning of "life is duhhka"?
Replies: 14
Views: 3016

Re: What's the meaning of "life is duhhka"?

What is the meaning of "life is duhhka"? The First Noble Truth says that the suffering of birth, old age, sickness and death is inescapable. The Buddha has revealed that suffering is part of life and that it cannot be evaded. He also taught that suffering does not only come from the body ...
by takso
Wed Aug 08, 2018 9:25 am
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Existence
Replies: 266
Views: 45841

Re: Existence

Per Buddhism, what does "to exist" mean? Can this be answered (satisfactorily) without reference to the two truths? If so, please do. :namaste: Mind is the forerunner of all states, at least, according to the Buddha. So, what exists is defined as that which can be known. If it cannot be k...
by takso
Tue Mar 27, 2018 7:27 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Mind-streams: Separate?
Replies: 114
Views: 19502

Re: Mind-streams: Separate?

Mind and body are simply two aspects of the same thing. So long as we are imprisoned within the realm of existence, we would continue to assume the separation of things. ‘Life itself is prison, The instincts are prisons, The senses are prisons, Superstition is prison, Sacred institutions are prisons...
by takso
Mon Mar 26, 2018 12:08 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: nagarjuna two truths to tientai threefold truth. How?
Replies: 3
Views: 1431

Re: nagarjuna two truths to tientai threefold truth. How?

I don't get anything about the threefold truth. I can make sense of the two truths but not the threefold truth...? It simply means one plus one equals to three... :smile: TRUTH 1 - Ultimate Truth (an insight into one side of the coin). TRUTH 2 - Conventional Truth (an insight into another side of t...
by takso
Mon Oct 30, 2017 7:12 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: time, space and the universe
Replies: 15
Views: 3369

Re: time, space and the universe

Tilopa: Although you say space is empty, You can’t say that space is "like this". Likewise, although mind is said to be sheer clarity, There is nothing there: you can’t say "it’s like this". Thus, the nature of mind is inherently like space: It includes everything you experience...
by takso
Mon Oct 30, 2017 6:58 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: time, space and the universe
Replies: 15
Views: 3369

Re: time, space and the universe

So I thought that talking about how time and space work, as well as discussing what the universe 'is' would be a fruitful area for discussion. Obviously, since this is a buddhist forum we have to talk about these issues from a buddhist perspective, like, for instance, how time and space relate to d...

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