It is a quite normal Buddhist idea, if you think Buddhism is "moronic" perhaps this isn't the right place for you.
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It is a quite normal Buddhist idea, if you think Buddhism is "moronic" perhaps this isn't the right place for you.
How about emptiness?
Perhaps it would help to clarify within which system you are asking the question, as the answer varies. If you want the absolute simplest form of the answer, which is sufficient for the purposes of most practice, I’d go with the Avyakata-Samyutta version, i.e.:mechashivaz wrote: ↑Thu Dec 07, 2017 12:56 pm Where is Sakyamuni Buddha? After He passed into parinirvana is He said to have taken abode in any celestial realm? After all, we are in His pure land right now so how does the tradition understand Him actively helping sentient beings other than through the established teachings?
You are wrong, but I should not have said "moronic". My point is that this idea is not a part of Buddhism.
http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Two_truthsodysseus wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2018 7:23 amYou are wrong, but I should not have said "moronic". My point is that this idea is not a part of Buddhism.
But you are welcome in Buddhism too, even if I understand you are not yet ready for it.
It is good that you understand that I come from standard Mahayana, absolute and relative truth also come from that teaching.
Seriously, you want to have a discussion about the words reality and truth? I am not interested.DGA wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2018 10:07 pmYes, relative and ultimate truth are conventional Mahayana.
We were discussing ultimate reality.
That's OK. I think it's an important distinction, but not all of us agree.
Do you think relative truth is an reality, yes or no?
So, then the word "reality" really have no function at all for you?
Sure, we experience things in samsara and they seem to have a reality to them. My mom is dead. She had cancer of the esophagus. It was bad. That's samsara. Was her cancer a real thing? Ultimately no, it was empty, like all dharmas.
But relatively yes, it was a real thing. I don't think we are getting anywhere here.DGA wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2018 3:15 pmSure, we experience things in samsara and they seem to have a reality to them. My mom is dead. She had cancer of the esophagus. It was bad. That's samsara. Was her cancer a real thing? Ultimately no, it was empty, like all dharmas.
Hi Magnus,