How Nichiren Shonin could be the Eternal Buddha

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Queequeg wrote: Thu May 20, 2021 4:25 pm
Minobu wrote: Thu May 20, 2021 4:06 pm the period of pre samsara Original state sentients were dwelling in..A period when all were beings of light who fed off light.
Desire crept in and bam...
Oh, that's where you proposed a Buddhist Eden. My mistake.
Can't this be a reference to the "ground" and the light a reference to "emerging from the earth" albeit another traditions analogy/perspective/etc. ?
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Malcolm wrote: Thu May 20, 2021 4:33 pm
tkp67 wrote: Thu May 20, 2021 4:31 pm Some teachings seek to separate the two for the purpose of realization. Some make the story seem less than life itself but it is not truly separable.
The inseparability of samsara and nirvana is fundamental to all Mahāyāna traditions.
I understand that but some teachings speak of one or the other as if they are separate things for the sake of recognition. I don't think it would be unfair to say you have demonstrated an understanding of this concept. It is a meaningful means but Nichiren discusses how this conflation puts a whammy in understanding.
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Queequeg wrote: Thu May 20, 2021 4:25 pm
Minobu wrote: Thu May 20, 2021 4:06 pm the period of pre samsara Original state sentients were dwelling in..A period when all were beings of light who fed off light.
Desire crept in and bam...
Oh, that's where you proposed a Buddhist Eden. My mistake.
ah there was no buddhism yet...so here we are back in the sandbox


grow up !
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Minobu wrote: Thu May 20, 2021 4:39 pm
Queequeg wrote: Thu May 20, 2021 4:25 pm
Minobu wrote: Thu May 20, 2021 4:06 pm the period of pre samsara Original state sentients were dwelling in..A period when all were beings of light who fed off light.
Desire crept in and bam...
Oh, that's where you proposed a Buddhist Eden. My mistake.
ah there was no buddhism yet...so here we are back in the sandbox


grow up !
I have to imagine you're giggling like a fool typing this stuff out.
There is no suffering to be severed. Ignorance and klesas are indivisible from bodhi. There is no cause of suffering to be abandoned. Since extremes and the false are the Middle and genuine, there is no path to be practiced. Samsara is nirvana. No severance achieved. No suffering nor its cause. No path, no end. There is no transcendent realm; there is only the one true aspect. There is nothing separate from the true aspect.
-Guanding, Perfect and Sudden Contemplation,
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OK, time to close the thread unfortunately.
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