Marsha had said:
Hi Ron,
What I actually presented to dmb, which he chose to ignore, was the following:
*** ON AN ETHICAL CODE:
"Dharma, like rta, means 'what holds together.' It is the basis of all order.
It equals righteousness. It is the ethical code. It is the stable condition
which gives man perfect satisfaction.
"Dharma is duty. It is not external duty which is arbitrarily imposed by
others. It is not any artificial set of conventions which can be amended or
repealed by legislation. Neither is it internal duty which is arbitrarily
decided by one's own conscience. Dharma is beyond all questions of what is
internal and what is external. Dharma is Quality itself, the principle of
'rightness' which gives structure and purpose to the evolution of all life and
to the evolving understanding of the universe which life has created." -
(RMP, LILA: Chapter 30)
"When early Western investigators first read the Buddhist texts they too
interpreted nirvana as some kind of suicide. There's a famous poem that goes:
While living,
Be a dead man.
Be completely dead,
And then do as you please.
And all will be well.
"It sounds like something from a Hollywood horror-film but it's about nirvana.
The Metaphysics of Quality translates it:
While sustaining biological and social patterns
Kill all intellectual patterns.
Kill them completely
And then follow Dynamic Quality
And morality will be served.
...
"The Metaphysics of Quality translated karma as 'evolutionary garbage.' That's
why it sounded so funny as the name of a boat. It seemed to suggest she had
arrived in Kingston on a garbage scow. Karma is the pain, the suffering that
results from clinging to the static patterns of the world. The only exit from
the suffering is to detach yourself from these static patterns, that is, to
'kill' them." - (RMP, LILA: Chapter 32)
Ron replies:
Hello Marsha, I think the difficulty in understanding arises from how you
yourself resolve Dharma with killing all static patterns
it would seem to be contrary notions in conflict. Perhaps you can explain how
you resolve the two.
thnx
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