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by Queequeg
Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:10 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"
Replies: 45
Views: 1237

Re: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"

[ Oh yes it is, but it is the only way I can proceed in this life! I wholeheartedly admit that my claims are partly sentimental & partly dogmatic, but this is my way to go: put into words a viewpoint that seems fertile for discussion hoping that some clarity could emerge along the way. I do not...
by Queequeg
Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:00 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Happy Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva's Birthday!
Replies: 2
Views: 68

Re: Happy Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva's Birthday!

南無観世音菩薩 
南無観世音菩薩 
南無観世音菩薩
Namu kanzeon bosatsu
Namu kanzeon bosatsu
Namu kanzeon bosatsu

:smile:
by Queequeg
Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:31 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"
Replies: 45
Views: 1237

Re: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"

What would your take on this be? :anjali: Wasn't sure what you were asking, but now I think I get it. Wallace, as far as I know, is not talking about some common ground of being out of which we all arise. That ground of being, the tathagatagarbha, the buddhanature, is the real nature of each of us....
by Queequeg
Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:30 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Favourite Sports
Replies: 24
Views: 549

Re: Favourite Sports

Yep - the fun factor. I forgot to add, I like the local high school sports, too. Its fun to see kids you've seen grow up from youth sports playing at the JV and varsity level.
by Queequeg
Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:37 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Favourite Sports
Replies: 24
Views: 549

Re: Favourite Sports

Side comment - attending professional sports has gotten outrageously expensive so I've stopped seeing events live unless I get free tickets. I've instead started attending semi-pro and college games and find it as entertaining as well as reasonably priced. Of course, the star power isn't there, but ...
by Queequeg
Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:20 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"
Replies: 45
Views: 1237

Re: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"

I'm afraid OP will need to keep looking for some teaching to fit their ideas into. Buddhadharma will not be the stamp of approval. The OP might be more comfortable with Vedantaism. It’s more aligned with the view that everything is part of one great consciousness, which is common to many different ...
by Queequeg
Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:59 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: POLL: What type of mango-practitioner are you (as per "Letter to a friend" verse 20)?
Replies: 37
Views: 1115

Re: POLL: What type of mango-practitioner are you (as per "Letter to a friend" verse 20)?

I don't think I could trust anyone who picked something other than 4. :shrug: As I said, I did not want people to take it too seriously. Despite my effort, I failed. Also I think Nagarjuna did not create 4 categories just to trick everyone and assign everyone into only one category. Also, there are...
by Queequeg
Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:52 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Favourite Sports
Replies: 24
Views: 549

Re: Favourite Sports

The activity I have probably given the most time to over the course of my life is skateboarding. Next would be ice hockey. Next snowboarding. If I had grown up near the ocean, I probably would have surfed. These days, I probably ride my bicycle more than anything else. If you can see the theme... I ...
by Queequeg
Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:43 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: POLL: What type of mango-practitioner are you (as per "Letter to a friend" verse 20)?
Replies: 37
Views: 1115

Re: POLL: What type of mango-practitioner are you (as per "Letter to a friend" verse 20)?

I don't think I could trust anyone who picked something other than 4. :shrug: Upaka the Ājīvaka saw the Blessed One traveling on the road between Gayā and the (place of) Awakening, and on seeing him said to him, “Clear, my friend, are your faculties. Pure your complexion, and bright. On whose accoun...
by Queequeg
Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:58 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"
Replies: 45
Views: 1237

Re: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"

I'm afraid OP will need to keep looking for some teaching to fit their ideas into. Buddhadharma will not be the stamp of approval.
by Queequeg
Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:51 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Favourite Professional Sports
Replies: 15
Views: 482

Re: Favourite Professional Sports

I think there is something similar about Toronto and Yokohama... Maybe why the bay stars affinity?

I like to watch American Football - go Bills! - but I like to play hockey. My son I think nailed it - it feels like you're flying... and you get to check people.
by Queequeg
Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:29 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: How to be consistent? How to just do it??
Replies: 3
Views: 132

Re: How to be consistent? How to just do it??

For me, it is a momentary impulse: override inertia. Once moving, much easier to continue.

Cold pail of water over the head can help. Not kidding.
by Queequeg
Thu Mar 21, 2024 4:45 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"
Replies: 45
Views: 1237

Re: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"

Perhaps I did not make it clear enough that what I mean by space-fullness-permanence is totally mind-quality. That's quite a qualified description of mind. Space - mind is sometimes equated with space. Space though, has no qualities. Fullness and permanence are loaded. However those terms are defin...
by Queequeg
Thu Mar 21, 2024 12:53 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"
Replies: 45
Views: 1237

Re: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"

Emptiness as spatial vacuity is the meaning of the "vast emptiness" of Bodhidharma and Huineng. It incorporates both tangible objects and mental phenomena. So, when we say that the state of (or nature of) phenomena is zero, it means that phenomena possess no intrinsic, unchanging, or self...
by Queequeg
Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:52 pm
Forum: Pure Land
Topic: Struggling With Lotus Sutra
Replies: 35
Views: 1025

Re: Struggling With Lotus Sutra

Thanks for your post! Yes, I have read it and agree that the Lotus teaches Ekayāna and that everything is the Buddha's upāya . Still, in the Lotus, there are passages that denigrate Śrāvakas, some of which Scott brought up, which is why I mentioned other Mahāyāna texts which do not do that. I don't...
by Queequeg
Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:10 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"
Replies: 45
Views: 1237

Re: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"

I would like first to state my understanding of "emptiness" in two contexts, trying to condense the wording as far as possible, and then ask a question. A. Emptiness as regards dependent origination is customarily intended to mean "insignificance of material and mental phenomena"...
by Queequeg
Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:01 pm
Forum: Pure Land
Topic: Struggling With Lotus Sutra
Replies: 35
Views: 1025

Re: Struggling With Lotus Sutra

In many Mahāyāna sūtras, for instance, prajñāpāramitā-sūtras, it is said that those who follow Śrāvaka type of Buddhism are at Māra's disposal. Therefore one should not associate with those followers. I mentioned in a post above that the Lotus includes an implicit critique of Mahayana that denigrat...
by Queequeg
Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:00 pm
Forum: Pure Land
Topic: Struggling With Lotus Sutra
Replies: 35
Views: 1025

Re: Struggling With Lotus Sutra

Speaking for myself, I've been there. This crowd may not let the substance of comments go easily, but they are forgiving of the commenter. Please continue to participate if you see fit. All sincere discussions are welcome here.
by Queequeg
Wed Mar 20, 2024 4:45 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"
Replies: 45
Views: 1237

Re: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"

I used insignificance just because the thread creator did. I will never relate insignificance with sunyata, as sunyata is a property of the whole universe, it's everywhere, it's very significant. And yes, there's some relation with insubstantiality I agree a lot with you. In fact is a form of insub...
by Queequeg
Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:34 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"
Replies: 45
Views: 1237

Re: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"

"insignificance of material and mental phenomena" A small comment - insignificance might not be the right word there. That term implies value. I think insubstantiality or the like works better there. Suffering, for instance, might be ultimately empty, but to the suffering being it is not ...

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