Great book. Odin, Steve. Process Metaphysics and Hua-Yen Buddhism: A Critical Study of Cumulative Penetration vs. Interpenetration. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1982. Abstract This work establishes the first comprehensive transcultural dialogue between East Asian Hua-Yen Buddhism and A. N. Whitehead's process philosophy, including both the profound parallels and the doctrinal debates that arise. To advance the dialogue, several other western hermeneutical systems have been adopted in order to radically reinterpret Hua-Yen modes of thought, such as Jungian depth-psychology, Wittgenstein's linguistic analysis, Hegelian dialectics, and the phenomenology of Husserl, Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty. [Abstract from The Philosopher's Index]
jim_flanegin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Fun stuff about dharma. I also liked the Indras Net stuff about space, and the fractals. Thanks for posting it. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Bhikkhus, this bowl cannot exist independently. It is here thanks to all > the things we consider non-bowl entities such as earth, water, fire, air, > the potter, and so forth. It is the same for all dharmas. Every dharma > exists in interdependent relation to all other dharmas. All dharmas exist > by the principles of interpenetration and interbeing. > > "Bhikkhus, look deeply at this bowl, and you can see the entire universe. > This bowl contains the entire universe. There is only one thing the bowl is > empty of and that is a separate, individual self. What is a separate, > individual self? It is a self which exists completely on its own, > independent of all other elements. No dharma can exist independently from > other dharmas. No dharma posesses a separate, essential self. That is the > meaning of emptiness. Empty means empty of self." > > Here's some links to stuff on the Jeweled Net of Indra, for those > interested: > > Scroll down on this page for a short article on it: > > http://c1.zedo.com/jsc/c1/ff2.html? n=162;c=1963/1;s=797;d=16;w=720;h=300;t=A > dvertisement > > This is a list of all the implications of the Jeweled Net: > http://www.heartspace.org/misc/IndraNet.html > > a short wikipedia article: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra's_Net > > These articles talks about the Jeweled Net in relation to the internet: > http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2000/12/03/stories/1303076i.htm > http://www.techgnosis.com/indranet.html - the first half of the page (the > writer's snarky, the but guy he interviews is interesting) > > an article on Indra's Net and the law: > http://a2j.kentlaw.edu/Insights/1999/Indras/ > > Here's a graphic version: > http://www.angelfire.com/realm/bodhisattva/indras-net.html > > Indra's Net animations: > http://ioannis.virtualcomposer2000.com/optics/indra.html (I found this to > be a particularly evocative quote from the site: A completely reflective > sphere in void space is basically invisible in the absence of any external > objects. In other words what the viewer sees on its surface, is only what > gets reflected against it. But on every surface are reflected other such > spheres, for which the same assumption holds (i.e. they are invisible). > > a fractle of it: > > http://www.jackhaas.net/art_Digital_Fractal_art_mandala_Jeweled_Web_o f_Indra > _Hindu_art.htm > > The Jeweled Net and the Glass Bead Game: > http://www.glassbeadgame.com/GBG.htm > > Have Fun! > :) Sean > > SNIPPED BY MODERATOR--PLEASE NOTE > > > > > "All composed things are like a dream, > an illusion, a bubble, or a shadow, > Like dew or like a lightning flash, > Meditate on them in this way." > > The Diamond Sutra, a Prajnaparamita text > > > > > --------------------------------- > Never miss an email again! > Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. Check it out. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > --------------------------------- The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing.
