--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "qntmpkt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --How about Brahman is the Absolute AS the relative?
You'd have to ask Nagarjuna. ;-) I suspect it would come under "...not both the relative and the Absolute," though. > - In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In > > FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Tom T writes: > > > > It is both, it is either and it is neither all at the same > > > > time. Tom > > > > > > > > Judy writes: > > > > Or none of the above... > > > > > > > > Tom T: > > > > Which part of all possibilities isn't clear? > > > > > > Judy: > > > Um, I was invoking Nagarjuna. > > > > > > TomT: > > > OK explain please. What has that to do with all possibilities. > > > > Nagarjuna's Four Negations: > > > > Brahman is not the relative. > > Brahman is not the Absolute. > > Brahman is not both the relative and the Absolute. > > Brahman is not neither the relative nor the Absolute. > > > > Nagarjuna was a medieval Buddhist Advaitin and > > logician. He made four logical arguments that > > ended with the four conclusions above. > > > > The bottom line being that there is nothing that > > can be said about Brahman, positive or negative, > > of which the opposite is not also the case, > > because Brahman is One without a second. > > > > "All possibilities" is one way of putting it, but > > it doesn't quite convey how radical the Advaita > > paradox is. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/