Hi Marsha, "A stitch in time, saves nine"
Cheers, Mark On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 11:10 PM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Mark, > > > "As we’ve seen, there is a second type of view, that the Buddha called > right view. Right view is not a concept or belief. In fact, it’s no > particular thing at all. Right view is simply seeing Reality as it is, here > and now, moment after moment. It’s relying on bare attention --- naked > awareness of what is before conceptual thought arises. It’s relying on what > we actually experience rather than on what we think. > > "If we are to ever find certitude --- real _knowledge_ that is beyond all > doubt and misunderstanding --- it’s clearly not going to come from our vying > concepts and beliefs. Rather, true knowledge must appear before all our > ideas and opinions. In other words, it’s nothing other than immediate, > direct experience of the world in and of itself. True knowledge is seeing > thus. > > "Seeing thus is the unshakable ground we long for simply because it cannot > be doubted. Herein lies freedom of mind. And herein lies fearlessness as > well." > > (Hagen, Steve, ‘Buddhism: Plain and Simple’, pp. 112-113) > > > Cheers, > Marsha > > > > > 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 > 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
