Greetings, The same can be said of the self: The idea of 'self' becomes necessary only if we believe in an objective world.
On Dec 2, 2010, at 5:46 AM, MarshaV wrote: > > > M: > :For Buddhism, the reality of our universe is seen from a quite a > different perspective. [different from the BigBang] Buddhism considers that > phenomena aren't really "born" in the sense that they pass from nonexistence > into existence. They exist only in terms of what we call "relative truth," > and have no actual reality. Relative, or conventional , truth comes from our > experience of the world, from the usual way in which we perceive it---that > is, by supposing that things exist objectively. Buddhism ways that such > perceptions are deceptive. Ultimately, phenomena have no intrinsic > existence. This is the "absolute truth." In these terms, the question of > creation becomes a false problem. The idea of creation becomes necessary > only if we believe in an objective world." > > > > 'Mathieu Ricard & Trinh Xuan Thuan, 'The Quantum and the Lotus: A Journey to > the Frontiers Where Science and Buddhism Meet',p.29) > ___ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
