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by Supramundane
Wed Oct 03, 2018 3:18 am
Forum: Language
Topic: Nirvāṇa and Ataraxia
Replies: 6
Views: 4292

Re: Nirvāṇa and Ataraxia

Quick question, is it possible to translate nirvāṇa as ataraxia? Are they the same concept? Ataraxia (ἀταραξία, literally, "not perturbed", generally translated as "imperturbability", "equanimity", or "tranquillity") is a Greek philosophy term used to describ...
by Supramundane
Wed Oct 03, 2018 1:50 am
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Amazing story of paying karmic debt
Replies: 17
Views: 3482

Re: Amazing story of paying karmic debt

About that article and the spider... Just because the spider considers its web to be the whole world or just becuase we have this or that perception or consideration or counsiousness or unconciousness has no direct implication on existance. It could, sure, be the case that a sound which is never he...
by Supramundane
Tue Oct 02, 2018 5:44 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: What is permanent in mahayana?
Replies: 18
Views: 8708

Re: What is permanent in mahayana?

even sunyata is not permanent, as Nagarjuna took pains to explain that even that was empty.

anyone looking for permanence in Buddhism will be disappointed.

even impermanence is not a permanent principle!

i guess impermanence is not what it used to be (sigh).
by Supramundane
Tue Oct 02, 2018 1:46 am
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Amazing story of paying karmic debt
Replies: 17
Views: 3482

Re: Amazing story of paying karmic debt

i am very weak in physics. but i do know that entanglement has been around for a long time; Einstein was totally perplexed by it. i believe they use long coils of wire that are kilometers long so they can measure how long it takes information passed from one 'entangled' particle to another, and it i...
by Supramundane
Mon Oct 01, 2018 4:37 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Gil Fronsdal - The Bodhisattva and the Arhat: Walking Together Hand-in-Hand
Replies: 10
Views: 2443

Re: Gil Fronsdal - The Bodhisattva and the Arhat: Walking Together Hand-in-Hand

In the Mahaparinirvana sutra, it is stated that all sentient beings possess Buddha-nature; the Tathagathagarba sutra espouses a similar concept. the Platform sutra is also on this wavelength. In contrast, Madhyamika thinking stresses 'emptiness' and, in many ways, intuitively i would say that it is...
by Supramundane
Mon Oct 01, 2018 2:29 am
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Amazing story of paying karmic debt
Replies: 17
Views: 3482

Re: Amazing story of paying karmic debt

http://discovermagazine.com/2009/may/01-the-biocentric-universe-life-creates-time-space-cosmos And as I go deeper into my Zen practice, And as I am about half way through re-reading Biocentrism, My conclusion about the book Biocentrism is: Holy sh**, that’s a really great book! —Ralph Levinson, Pro...
by Supramundane
Fri Sep 28, 2018 6:03 am
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Amazing story of paying karmic debt
Replies: 17
Views: 3482

Re: Amazing story of paying karmic debt

Yes. Thst is it. As best i can understand it. Your second option describes it well. ..of course the tricky part that you got at there is how absolute truth/emptiness/interdependence spins up into "existing as a not self". But that could be very natural evolution of life (to point where ka...
by Supramundane
Fri Sep 28, 2018 1:51 am
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Amazing story of paying karmic debt
Replies: 17
Views: 3482

Re: Amazing story of paying karmic debt

according to recent research, the brain continues to function up to 10 minutes after death, so in fact you know when you are dead. so the answer is yes, he must have sensed the irony. whether or not he felt 'redeemed' is another thing. to do something so horrible and take no responsibility is not re...
by Supramundane
Thu Sep 27, 2018 3:39 am
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Amazing story of paying karmic debt
Replies: 17
Views: 3482

Re: Amazing story of paying karmic debt

http://discovermagazine.com/2009/may/01-the-biocentric-universe-life-creates-time-space-cosmos And as I go deeper into my Zen practice, And as I am about half way through re-reading Biocentrism, My conclusion about the book Biocentrism is: Holy sh**, that’s a really great book! —Ralph Levinson, Prof...
by Supramundane
Thu Sep 27, 2018 3:12 am
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Amazing story of paying karmic debt
Replies: 17
Views: 3482

Re: Amazing story of paying karmic debt

yes we will know soon, my friend. very true.
by Supramundane
Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:25 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Four Noble Truths as a list of landmarks.
Replies: 2
Views: 975

Re: Four Noble Truths as a list of landmarks.

Viach, i applaud your creativity. your thinking is on track and it is good to turn the Four Noble Truths around like a Rubik's Cube to better understand them. they may well be landmarks, and if this thinking puts your forward, i encourage you to pursue it to the end to where it will be borne out or ...
by Supramundane
Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:10 am
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Amazing story of paying karmic debt
Replies: 17
Views: 3482

Re: Amazing story of paying karmic debt

"a part of us more subtle than consciousness that continues...": is that what you understand by rebirth, Tom? i am struggling with this concept now and trying to form an opinion on it. i am torn between two understandings: yours is one possibility (if i understand you correctly); the other...
by Supramundane
Mon Sep 24, 2018 12:12 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Gil Fronsdal - The Bodhisattva and the Arhat: Walking Together Hand-in-Hand
Replies: 10
Views: 2443

Re: Gil Fronsdal - The Bodhisattva and the Arhat: Walking Together Hand-in-Hand

very interesting text and will surely stimulate conversation. the semantics over what a Buddha --- Arhat etc. etc. are divide people. i have dabbled with the idea that while entering the jhanas, the insight that Gautama gained was the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. Enlightenment is thus n...
by Supramundane
Fri Sep 21, 2018 2:13 am
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Amazing story of paying karmic debt
Replies: 17
Views: 3482

Re: Amazing story of paying karmic debt

wow karma is the gift that keeps on giving.
by Supramundane
Fri Sep 14, 2018 3:18 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Dash Avatara
Replies: 24
Views: 5034

Re: Dash Avatara

"a rain of cosmic energy": is that good or bad?

i mean, is it like being fried with gamma rays?
by Supramundane
Fri Sep 14, 2018 2:31 am
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: One path or two
Replies: 19
Views: 3699

Re: One path or two

let's face it: there are myriad schools of Buddhism and myriad paths. some seem to be alternate routes; others could be dead ends. we live in a world where ultimately we question and doubt everything and there is no ultimate authority to tell us what the right way is. However, we do know that early ...
by Supramundane
Wed Aug 29, 2018 1:38 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: The Worship of Donald Trump
Replies: 91
Views: 11681

Re: The Worship of Donald Trump

Someone told me there was a Q movement that was quickly developing into a religion based around Trump. Q supporters communicate with an oracle who is rumored to be AI or otherworldly, imparting clues as to the Trump's next edict or move. His supporters wear flowing robes emblazoned with Qs and stand...
by Supramundane
Tue Aug 28, 2018 2:10 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: The Worship of Donald Trump
Replies: 91
Views: 11681

Re: The Worship of Donald Trump

Isn't the Q movement a new religion devoted to the worship of Trump as a God or supernatural entity?
by Supramundane
Tue Aug 28, 2018 2:05 am
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: One path or two
Replies: 19
Views: 3699

Re: One path or two

actually, now that i think of it, i may wish to change my response. it is very possible ---in fact almost certain--- that we misunderstand evolution. it is not a linear movement. although we like to see everything like Maslow's pyramid, i think that may be an human-centric view. take bacteria for ex...

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