Hi Ron,
I was thrilled to find it. And yes, NOT nihilistic!!! There are many
important points being made in this paper.
Marsha
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From: "Ron Kulp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: [MD] Whitehead & Buddhism
Ron:
What I particularly enjoyed was how it explained the MoQ like
Concept of process in entity to give a well defined explanation
Of why MoQ is NOT Nihlistic.
"One of the core doctrines in Buddhist philosophy is that everything
exists as a dependent arising (pratityasamutpada). According to the
Buddha, all phenomena are dependent arisings, meaning not only that any
process of arising is dependent upon prior causes and conditions, but
also that the existence or establishment of any phenomenon is dependent
upon other phenomena. In the Madhyamika ("Middle Way") school of
Mahayana Buddhism, the concept of dependent arising is also taken to
mean that everything exists in dependence upon its own parts, and that
everything exists in dependence upon the thought which designates it. In
all these cases, the notion of dependent arising implies that phenomena
lack independent existence. This implication is often expressed in terms
of the doctrine of emptiness (sunyata): all phenomena are empty of any
independent, separate essence of their own. This lack of inherent
existence, however, does not imply that things do not exist at all. They
do exist-but their existence is a dependent, not an independent,
existence. The doctrine of dependent arising, therefore, avoids the
extremes of substantialism (i.e., things exists as independent, separate
essences) and nihilism (i.e., things do not exist at all)."
Good stuff Marsha,
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