DarwidHalim,
The quote from the Tao of Sudden Enlightenment is a text written by Dazhu Huihai who was a disciple of Mazu and so a contemporary of Baizhang, master of Huangbo, in the same Hongzhou school. It's nothing to do with Taoism. That's why I've chosen that as a good source of explaining the teaching of no mind.
As for your explanation with statue, you successfully made up several levels of reification. Fortunately, madhyamaka uses only two truths, even if Jizang (Chinese reformer of madhyamaka) created a 4×2 truths system. One is stuck in ignorance as long as there is grasping a concept. Without abiding in any idea, there is freedom. Even if you create a hundred levels of larger and smaller areas of conceptual attachment, it's still mental proliferation. Without proliferation there is nirvana (MMK 18.5), it is the buddha (MMK 22.15). The ending of objectification, proliferation is within the scope of arhats too (DN 21, MN 18, SN 22.53).
By the way. prasanga is just a method, and those who apply that to teach people are the prasangika. Other forms of teaching, like mind only and even abhidharma, are used to bring people to liberation, freedom from attachment to ideas, and not just an idea of liberation.
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Re: Unorthodox Ideas
by Astus » Tue Sep 04, 2012 10:40 am
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"While teachers of the middle way, mind only, transcendent wisdom, mantra, and other schools may have their own assertions, the fulfillment of those intentions is the same. There is not a single thing that is not contained within mind."
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(Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche, in "On Buddhanature—and What It Is Not")
"While teachers of the middle way, mind only, transcendent wisdom, mantra, and other schools may have their own assertions, the fulfillment of those intentions is the same. There is not a single thing that is not contained within mind."
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Re: Unorthodox Ideas
by DarwidHalim » Tue Sep 04, 2012 12:07 pm
Although on paper, the teaching of zen or any other direct method supposedly bring up a liberation from samsara and liberation for omniscience, in practice and probably in most cases, we will stuck somewhere for the liberation of omniscience. And that is the one, that differentiate the whole bodhisattva from bhumi and arhat.
Frankly, I do not see why this is orthodox view, because if we can see the whole system, there is a reason why we can stick somewhere for liberation of omniscience.
However, if all practitioners, when they do this direct method, can really liberate as well in omniscience, then we can accept that this ten bhumi and arhat is orthodox view.
By the way, in Theravada, they never accept arhat has lack of omniscience. The reason why arhat doesnt have similar power with Buddha can be something like a taboo subject to be discussed.
So, the arhat here should be seen from Mahayana perspective, where there is a reason for that.
Frankly, I do not see why this is orthodox view, because if we can see the whole system, there is a reason why we can stick somewhere for liberation of omniscience.
However, if all practitioners, when they do this direct method, can really liberate as well in omniscience, then we can accept that this ten bhumi and arhat is orthodox view.
By the way, in Theravada, they never accept arhat has lack of omniscience. The reason why arhat doesnt have similar power with Buddha can be something like a taboo subject to be discussed.
So, the arhat here should be seen from Mahayana perspective, where there is a reason for that.
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Re: Unorthodox Ideas
by gregkavarnos » Tue Sep 04, 2012 12:12 pm
Once y'all have finished digging holes in the water be sure to fill them in so that nobody falls into them by mistake and hurts themselves!
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Re: Unorthodox Ideas
by Tilopa » Tue Sep 04, 2012 1:28 pm
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Re: Unorthodox Ideas
by Astus » Tue Sep 04, 2012 1:31 pm
DarwidHalim,
Theravada recognises the difference between a buddha and an arhat, in terms of certain qualities and abilities, but not in liberation. The reason of their difference, just as in early Mahayana, is that a bodhisattva accumulates immeasurable merits through aeons of practice. Sudden teachings say that there is no need for such a long process, that they have a superior teaching, therefore buddhahood is accessible (in this life, in the intermediate state, or the next life) because of the inherent buddha-nature.
Theravada recognises the difference between a buddha and an arhat, in terms of certain qualities and abilities, but not in liberation. The reason of their difference, just as in early Mahayana, is that a bodhisattva accumulates immeasurable merits through aeons of practice. Sudden teachings say that there is no need for such a long process, that they have a superior teaching, therefore buddhahood is accessible (in this life, in the intermediate state, or the next life) because of the inherent buddha-nature.
"In today's world, a true miracle would be to simply be a good human being."
(Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche, in "On Buddhanature—and What It Is Not")
"While teachers of the middle way, mind only, transcendent wisdom, mantra, and other schools may have their own assertions, the fulfillment of those intentions is the same. There is not a single thing that is not contained within mind."
(Gampopa to Düsum Khyenpa, in "The First Karmapa", KTD Pub, p 254)
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(Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche, in "On Buddhanature—and What It Is Not")
"While teachers of the middle way, mind only, transcendent wisdom, mantra, and other schools may have their own assertions, the fulfillment of those intentions is the same. There is not a single thing that is not contained within mind."
(Gampopa to Düsum Khyenpa, in "The First Karmapa", KTD Pub, p 254)
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Re: Unorthodox Ideas
by viniketa » Tue Sep 04, 2012 1:35 pm
gregkavarnos wrote:Once y'all have finished digging holes in the water be sure to fill them in so that nobody falls into them by mistake and hurts themselves!
Nice thing about digging in water, the holes are quickly filled!
Astus wrote:By the way. prasanga is just a method, and those who apply that to teach people are the prasangika.
Thank you for the correction, Astus.
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Re: Unorthodox Ideas
by Jnana » Tue Sep 04, 2012 4:52 pm
DarwidHalim wrote:By the way, in Theravada, they never accept arhat has lack of omniscience.
Actually, they do. It's stated explicitly in the Pāli Paṭisambhidāmagga as well as the Theravāda commentaries. It's only a small number of modern Theravādin revisionists who don't accept that a Buddha possesses qualities that are superior to arhats, or that the bodhisattva path requires superior levels of development in comparison to what is required by the śrāvaka path.
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Re: Unorthodox Ideas
by oldbob » Fri Sep 14, 2012 12:40 am
Many really excellent considerations of unorthodox ideas. 
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