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Reply from Davidseon
May.08.2007
06:16AM EDT
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Sorry, but I think you are confusing nothing with emptiness.
You are not nothing, You are here. However, the person here is just a set of conditions, the same as thought is only a set of conditions
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Reply from Govindi
May.10.2007
12:00AM EDT
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Sorry, but I think you are confusing nothing with emptiness.
You are not nothing, You are here. However, the person here is just a set of conditions, the same as thought is only a set of conditions
You are not nothing, just empty of a self.
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"You live an illusion and the apearance of things..." <<<Set of conditions... Thought is illusion... Apearance<<<condition of the 5 sence doors. Close the doors, breath in... breath out, become "no-thing" then we are everything (including emptiness)
(It was a quote...) Metta to All... :-)
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Reply from Govindi
May.11.2007
07:31AM EDT
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Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, practicing deep prajna paramita, clearly saw that all five skandhas are empty, transforming all suffering and distress.
Shariputra, form is no other than emptiness, emptiness no other than form. Form is exactly emptiness, emptiness exactly form. Sensation, thought, impulse, consciousness are also like this.
Shariputra, all things are marked by emptiness - not born, not destroyed, not stained, not pure, without gain, without loss. Therefore in emptiness there is no form, no sensation, thought, impulse, consciousness. No eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind. No color, sound, smell, taste, touch, object of thought. No realm of sight to no realm of thought. No ignorance and also no ending of ignorance to no old age and death and also no ending of old age and death. No suffering, and also no source of suffering, no annihilation, no path. No wisdom, also no attainment. Having nothing to attain, Bodhisattvas live prajna paramita with no hindrance in the mind. No hindrance, thus no fear. Far beyond delusive thinking, they attain complete Nirvana. All Buddhas past, present and future live prajna paramita and thus attain anuttara samyak sambodhi.
Therefore, know that prajna paramita is the great mantra, the wisdom mantra, the unsurpassed mantra, the supreme mantra, which completely removes all suffering. This is truth, not deception. Therefore set forth the prajna paramita mantra, set forth this mantra and say:
GATÉ GATÉ PARAGATÉ PARASAMGATÉ BODHI SVAHA
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Metta to All... :-) |