No they don't, only buddhism teaches emptiness of all dharmas.Sherab wrote:
That was why I asked whether non-Buddhist system of practices actually teach the abandonment of all views (which logically should be at the end of the path). As I mentioned before, I don't think they do.
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No one said it was sufficient. All that was said is that it was necessary. Thus, you agree with the statement, "liberation is impossible without right view." The next point is, "In what Dharma can one find right view?" Only in Buddhadharma.Grigoris wrote:I did not say an intellectual understanding is not necessary, I said it is not sufficient.Malcolm wrote:Without an intellectual understanding of right view, realization through insight is impossible.Grigoris wrote:I think you may be misunderstanding what I am saying: I am saying that an intellectual understanding of Right View is not enough. Taking Right View as a mental object means that, like all mental objects, it can become yet another means of self identification: I have Right View, YOU do not have Right View. You see it happening all the time. For me, an intellectual understanding is not enough. Realisation through insight is essential.
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I don't think it matters. If one has true insight into the nature of phenomena then somehow I don't think they will be wasting their time with theories, whether Buddhist or non-Buddhist.Sherab wrote:That was why I asked whether non-Buddhist system of practices actually teach the abandonment of all views (which logically should be at the end of the path). As I mentioned before, I don't think they do.
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"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
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Or with DW for that matter.Grigoris wrote:I don't think it matters. If one has true insight into the nature of phenomena then somehow I don't think they will be wasting their time with theories, whether Buddhist or non-Buddhist.Sherab wrote:That was why I asked whether non-Buddhist system of practices actually teach the abandonment of all views (which logically should be at the end of the path). As I mentioned before, I don't think they do.
There is not only nothingness because there is always, and always can manifest. - Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
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If someone has true insight into the nature of phenomena, they will waste their time with the view to the extent that they are trying to communicate the view to others.Grigoris wrote:I don't think it matters. If one has true insight into the nature of phenomena then somehow I don't think they will be wasting their time with theories, whether Buddhist or non-Buddhist.Sherab wrote:That was why I asked whether non-Buddhist system of practices actually teach the abandonment of all views (which logically should be at the end of the path). As I mentioned before, I don't think they do.
The reason for "wasting one's time" with theories is to eliminate concepts which one may not recognize as being a wrong view or a lower view.
Buddhadharma, despite some people's knownothingism, is not an anti-intellectual tradition. This should be obvious.
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No need to be intellectual neither. No need to have an IQ of 180 to know Buddha. I had enough of the intellectuals who want to make it into a science. Thanks to everybody, I laugh.Malcolm wrote:If someone has true insight into the nature of phenomena, they will waste their time with the view to the extent that they are trying to communicate the view to others.Grigoris wrote:I don't think it matters. If one has true insight into the nature of phenomena then somehow I don't think they will be wasting their time with theories, whether Buddhist or non-Buddhist.Sherab wrote:That was why I asked whether non-Buddhist system of practices actually teach the abandonment of all views (which logically should be at the end of the path). As I mentioned before, I don't think they do.
The reason for "wasting one's time" with theories is to eliminate concepts which one may not recognize as being a wrong view or a lower view.
Buddhadharma, despite some people's knownothingism, is not an anti-intellectual tradition. This should be obvious.
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I never said it was, nor would I say it... I would be a hypocritical asshole if I did.Malcolm wrote:Buddhadharma, despite some people's knownothingism, is not an anti-intellectual tradition. This should be obvious.
"My religion is not deceiving myself."
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
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How influenced by the afflictions are the aryas on the impure bhumis? They perceive things post-equipoise as completely illusory, but are still under the sway of kleshas, correct?Malcolm wrote:If someone has true insight into the nature of phenomena, they will waste their time with the view to the extent that they are trying to communicate the view to others.
The reason for "wasting one's time" with theories is to eliminate concepts which one may not recognize as being a wrong view or a lower view.
So for example, a first or second bhumi arya is reading his sutras, when a troublemaker comes along, kicks his texts around and tramples them, and runs off laughing; how would their angry reaction differ to that of a normal person?
Additionally, when tying the paramitas to the the bhumis, it's said that patience is perfected on the third bhumi; does this mean that a third bhumi arya will never have their anger affliction arise (although it would still exist latently)?
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Don't worry, a tenth bhumi Bodhisattva will transfrom his latent anger into patience just like that.Losal Samten wrote: Additionally, when tying the paramitas to the the bhumis, it's said that patience is perfected on the third bhumi; does this mean that a third bhumi arya will never have their anger affliction arise (although it would still exist latently)?
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Once on the 8th bhumi and above (and are on the pure bhumis as they're called), bodhisattvas have no afflictive obscurations left in their continuum, only cognitive obscurations which prevents them from omniscience; and so they never give rise to anger, desire and the like.odysseus wrote:Don't worry, a tenth bhumi Bodhisattva will transfrom his latent anger into patience just like that.
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Namastetiagolps wrote:No they don't, only buddhism teaches emptiness of all dharmas.Sherab wrote:
That was why I asked whether non-Buddhist system of practices actually teach the abandonment of all views (which logically should be at the end of the path). As I mentioned before, I don't think they do.
It central to all dharma traditions however you label them to give up dharma when the time is right. From the essence of all Upanishads (Vedanta ) we have Bhagavad Gita~ moksha yoga 18.66 sarva-dharman parityajya
Sarva~ all
dharma~ ( does not fit into any English translation ), intrinsic nature of phenomenon
parityajya~ abandon, give up, let go of, leave behind
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DharmaChakra wrote:Namastetiagolps wrote:No they don't, only buddhism teaches emptiness of all dharmas.Sherab wrote:
That was why I asked whether non-Buddhist system of practices actually teach the abandonment of all views (which logically should be at the end of the path). As I mentioned before, I don't think they do.
It central to all dharma traditions however you label them to give up dharma when the time is right. From the essence of all Upanishads (Vedanta ) we have Bhagavad Gita~ moksha yoga 18.66 sarva-dharman parityajya
Sarva~ all
dharma~ ( does not fit into any English translation ), intrinsic nature of phenomenon
parityajya~ abandon, give up, let go of, leave behind
With Metta
I spy with my little eye, a dharma!Bhagavad Gita - Chapter 18 - Verse 66
Abandon all types of dharma – come and surrender unto Me alone! Do not fear, for I will surely deliver you from all reactions.
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I think it does. Just imagine telling a believer in an Almighty Creator who is the source of all lives including the believer''s, that he, the believer must abandon any idea of the Almighty Creator, ideas he was taught to be true and eternal. It would be entirely inconsistent with the philosophy of such a religion.Grigoris wrote:I don't think it matters. If one has true insight into the nature of phenomena then somehow I don't think they will be wasting their time with theories, whether Buddhist or non-Buddhist.Sherab wrote:That was why I asked whether non-Buddhist system of practices actually teach the abandonment of all views (which logically should be at the end of the path). As I mentioned before, I don't think they do.
On the other hand, in the Buddha Dharma, it would be a logical follow through from the teaching of dependent arising and sunyata to the actual meditation of reality as it is. This is because reality is an illusion. We ourselves as phenomena cannot understand the actual reality through our mind which itself is a phenomenon, but through the reality that is already within us. (Hence, it is said that liberation and enlightenment cannot be given by others. Hence it is said that liberation and enlightenment cannot be attained in the sense there being something to attain or something that can be attained through a mind that is itself a phenomena. Hence it is said that liberation and nirvana are cessations.) That is why, abandonment of all views is necessary. In order for one to accept that abandonment of all views is necessary, one has to be taught the right view that is consistent with the need to eventually abandon all views. Only the Buddha Dharma does that in a coherent and consistent manner.
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And I spy with my little eye, an eternal dharma, Me.tiagolps wrote:DharmaChakra wrote:Namastetiagolps wrote:
No they don't, only buddhism teaches emptiness of all dharmas.
It central to all dharma traditions however you label them to give up dharma when the time is right. From the essence of all Upanishads (Vedanta ) we have Bhagavad Gita~ moksha yoga 18.66 sarva-dharman parityajya
Sarva~ all
dharma~ ( does not fit into any English translation ), intrinsic nature of phenomenon
parityajya~ abandon, give up, let go of, leave behind
With MettaI spy with my little eye, a dharma!Bhagavad Gita - Chapter 18 - Verse 66
Abandon all types of dharma – come and surrender unto Me alone! Do not fear, for I will surely deliver you from all reactions.
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That is not what "the emptiness of all phenomena" means.It central to all dharma traditions however you label them to give up dharma when the time is right.
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Don't confuse post-meditative frameworks of interpretation, with meditational experiences. A person may not possess the language needed to express their experience. Take the language used in early translations of the Kungyed Gyalpo as an example.Sherab wrote:I think it does. Just imagine telling a believer in an Almighty Creator who is the source of all lives including the believer''s, that he, the believer must abandon any idea of the Almighty Creator, ideas he was taught to be true and eternal. It would be entirely inconsistent with the philosophy of such a religion.
"My religion is not deceiving myself."
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
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I agree with you learned ones, the intellect should be respected and taken good use of.
It is said ( Mipham) regarding "right view":
Because then things are very clear: you should understand that my view is right and others view is wrong, if you cannot understand that, you are wrong.
It is said ( Mipham) regarding "right view":
How can there be any object ( which has then characteristics)? Isn’t enlightened guidance freeing grasping subject to its’ grasping right/wrong objects”? Can there be “right view” as long as there is subject-object experience?The "view" is completely free from conditions, concepts, and characteristics.
Because then things are very clear: you should understand that my view is right and others view is wrong, if you cannot understand that, you are wrong.
Then this examination resulting in not conditioned by clinging? As examination leading to examination isn't that not holding on subject-object maintenance?Bikshus and learned ones, just as gold is burnt, cut and rubbed, examine well my speech and then accept, not otherwise for respects’ sake.
“We are each living in our own soap opera. We do not see things as they really are. We see only our interpretations. This is because our minds are always so busy...But when the mind calms down, it becomes clear. This mental clarity enables us to see things as they really are, instead of projecting our commentary on everything.” Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bg9jOYnEUA
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Perhaps you don't read religious texts within its own philosophical context. I do.Grigoris wrote:Don't confuse post-meditative frameworks of interpretation, with meditational experiences. A person may not possess the language needed to express their experience. Take the language used in early translations of the Kungyed Gyalpo as an example.Sherab wrote:I think it does. Just imagine telling a believer in an Almighty Creator who is the source of all lives including the believer''s, that he, the believer must abandon any idea of the Almighty Creator, ideas he was taught to be true and eternal. It would be entirely inconsistent with the philosophy of such a religion.
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I think that all spiritual experiences derive from the same source: our enlightened nature. How religions ( and individuals) colour over the experiences in order to explain them is not all that important to me. Personally I like the Buddhist colour scheme and so... But I cannot invalidate the spiritual experiences of others because they belong to a different religion. I will judge if their experience leads them to wholesome or unwholesome activity, whether it reinforces their aversion and attachment though, coz this much I can see.Sherab wrote:Perhaps you don't read religious texts within its own philosophical context. I do.Grigoris wrote:Don't confuse post-meditative frameworks of interpretation, with meditational experiences. A person may not possess the language needed to express their experience. Take the language used in early translations of the Kungyed Gyalpo as an example.Sherab wrote:I think it does. Just imagine telling a believer in an Almighty Creator who is the source of all lives including the believer''s, that he, the believer must abandon any idea of the Almighty Creator, ideas he was taught to be true and eternal. It would be entirely inconsistent with the philosophy of such a religion.
"My religion is not deceiving myself."
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
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Then you may now kiss the bride.I do.
Buddha Nature is kissing all the time to wake up out of right dreams.
“We are each living in our own soap opera. We do not see things as they really are. We see only our interpretations. This is because our minds are always so busy...But when the mind calms down, it becomes clear. This mental clarity enables us to see things as they really are, instead of projecting our commentary on everything.” Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bg9jOYnEUA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bg9jOYnEUA