Re: Blasphemy (WAS impermanence)

From: Entropyfoe@aol.com
Date: Tue Jul 23 2002 - 21:59:26 MDT


I don't want to argue philosophies, but my understanding [ and I have studied
and practiced Shamballa Training -a secular Buddhism as well as a Tibetan
variety] is that there is one thing that is not compounded.

> >Mike Perry wrote....
> > > >So there are things that can be considered "permanent" in a
> > > >way that appears to contradict a central tenet of Buddhism.
> > > One reason I am
> > > >not a Buddhist, even though, like many others, I do have
> > > respect for many
> > > >of its features.

So there is no contradiction in Buddhism. They postulate a monism, the true
nature of life, the universe, and everything, the un-differentiated [like
Anaximander in the pre-socratic tradition]. The compounded things are
transitory and subject to suffering. Enlightenment is to see that all this
compounded stuff is illusion.
-Jay



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