LEVEL 1: The Buddha
"There is an unoriginated, uncompounded, unformed. Otherwise, O mendicants, there is no escape from the world of the originated, compounded and formed"
Udana VIII.3
Buddha realized his ethical precepts collapse without assuming an anchor, a Thing-in-Itself.
"There is an unoriginated, uncompounded, unformed. Otherwise, O mendicants, there is no escape from the world of the originated, compounded and formed"
Udana VIII.3
Buddha realized his ethical precepts collapse without assuming an anchor, a Thing-in-Itself.
He thus endorsed the prevailing notions of dhamma & Karma almost in toto. Thus, he failed to make any distinction between faith & philosophy. But he left behind a powerful concept for his successors to build on-
"Bhava-nirodha nibbānaṃ"- "To withdraw from the Flux, is nirvana"
"Bhava-nirodha nibbānaṃ"- "To withdraw from the Flux, is nirvana"
"All are impermanent-body, perception, thoughts & consciousness."
Buddha does not accept the "Self" elaborately described in the upanishads as the "Thing". Even 'consciousness' does not escape flux.
Then what is the "Thing-in-itself"?
Buddha answers only by Silence & Negations
Buddha does not accept the "Self" elaborately described in the upanishads as the "Thing". Even 'consciousness' does not escape flux.
Then what is the "Thing-in-itself"?
Buddha answers only by Silence & Negations
"That being present, this becomes
From arising of that, this arises
From cessation of that, this ceases"
-Majjima Nikaya II.32
(Pratītyasamutpāda: Dependent origination-Logically leads to "NO Thing in itself" and "Emptiness")
From arising of that, this arises
From cessation of that, this ceases"
-Majjima Nikaya II.32
(Pratītyasamutpāda: Dependent origination-Logically leads to "NO Thing in itself" and "Emptiness")
LEVEL 2 : Nagarjuna
"Nothing exists without depending on something else. Nothing has an nature of its own. All existence & All theory is empty."
-Nagarjuna (200 CE)
"Even having 'views' about emptiness is flawed. My words are only to guide others. My philosophy is not ruined."
"Nothing exists without depending on something else. Nothing has an nature of its own. All existence & All theory is empty."
-Nagarjuna (200 CE)
"Even having 'views' about emptiness is flawed. My words are only to guide others. My philosophy is not ruined."
Nagarjuna sure pissed off a lot of people.
"Who this mad guy gone full nihilist? Never go full nihilist! He challenges dhamma & Karma. Anybody even talk to him will be CURSED with bad REBIRTH!😡"
(Yogācāra philosophers hating on poor Silver-Snake)
Poor Snake caved in like sand
"Who this mad guy gone full nihilist? Never go full nihilist! He challenges dhamma & Karma. Anybody even talk to him will be CURSED with bad REBIRTH!😡"
(Yogācāra philosophers hating on poor Silver-Snake)
Poor Snake caved in like sand
"Woah! I'm sorry! Maybe there's 2 levels of truth. Relative truth. Conventional wisdom. Karma & stuff. And REAL truth. We cool now? Geesh!"
-Naga
Joe: The hell Mr Silver Snake? You wuzzed out man. You shud've manned up said 'YOU WANT KARMA? COME GET IT YA WHINY LITTLE BHIKKUS!'
-Naga
Joe: The hell Mr Silver Snake? You wuzzed out man. You shud've manned up said 'YOU WANT KARMA? COME GET IT YA WHINY LITTLE BHIKKUS!'
Silver-Snake: I'm sorry Joe!
Joe: Now some white guys are gonna do it 2000 years later. And they'll take all your stuff. Ideas and logic. They'll claim it all. Eternal obscurity is the penalty for your cowardice! You could've been superman. But snake man is all.
Joe: Now some white guys are gonna do it 2000 years later. And they'll take all your stuff. Ideas and logic. They'll claim it all. Eternal obscurity is the penalty for your cowardice! You could've been superman. But snake man is all.
Silver Snake: Nah don't matter. It helps people is enough for me. Remember, just knowing the truth of emptiness is USELESS. You need a COGNITIVE SHIFT..[passes out to shunya]
The WHAT now?
None of the Baudha masters-Silver-Snake, Dig-snake, Aryadeva or chandrakirti explained it
The WHAT now?
None of the Baudha masters-Silver-Snake, Dig-snake, Aryadeva or chandrakirti explained it
LEVEL 3: Cognitive & cultural shift
"Emptiness" entered Europe through Jesuit translations of Tibetan/Chinese texts in 18th-19th centuries. Immanuel Kant & Leibniz were among direct recipients. They sanitized the knowledge. Indian beliefs(karma etc) were removed. Then this guy-
"Emptiness" entered Europe through Jesuit translations of Tibetan/Chinese texts in 18th-19th centuries. Immanuel Kant & Leibniz were among direct recipients. They sanitized the knowledge. Indian beliefs(karma etc) were removed. Then this guy-
LEVEL 4 : Blood chains
Snakeman & Over-man were unaware of blood chains. You can overcome visible controls. But what do you about invisible chains controlling your subconscious? Pressures of genetics & natural selection? Nothing! To fight against nature is to destroy oneself.
Snakeman & Over-man were unaware of blood chains. You can overcome visible controls. But what do you about invisible chains controlling your subconscious? Pressures of genetics & natural selection? Nothing! To fight against nature is to destroy oneself.
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