Marsha, how, specifically, does this relate to DQ, sq, and the levels of MoQ?
Sent laboriously from an iPhone, Mark On Dec 17, 2011, at 2:22 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > > "We live in a confusion. The world does not exist the way it appears to. > Sensory appearances give the impression that objects stand as separate > things. Conceptual language powerfully deepens this surface impression and > infuses the sense of a concrete, independent nature into what it names, > including a self. By an early age, a view of the world as a collection of > distinct entities is deeply assumed. To conceive of phenomena as existing in > of of themselves and empowered by their own essential nature is very the > target of refutation on the path of emptiness teachings. This absence of > inherent existence is referred to as emptiness and when realized, one sees > all phenomena “as like moons in water. > > ... > > > "Central to emptiness teachings is the importance of refuting the existence > of an inherent self. This sense of an inherent self is usually seen as a > distinct entity that can be assigned an individual value, that is born and > dies and that steers itself through life of its own volition. When this self > is thoroughly investigated using emptiness meditation, it is realized that no > such self, no such inherent containment or separation can be found. This > realization transfers to all phenomena. The illusion of inherent existence > is then revealed like the magician who knows his or her own tricks. One > comes to see that the way conceptual language projects the independent > appearance of things is a deeply conditioned, but unnecessary misconception. > > "In realizing that an intrinsic self and other phenomena cannot be found to > exist in and of themselves, one sees that there is nothing to defend or > attach to. There is the recognition that you are everyone and that everyone > is you and so, the realization of emptiness is the realization of compassion, > the outcome of its wisdom. One sees that even emptiness is empty of absolute > existence so arrives the realization that there is no inherent separation to > be found, no mountaintop view, no ultimate truth to be claimed, including a > “view from nowhere.” There is no leaving nonduality, as all is a web of > dependent interrelatedness. And with the realization that there is no true > place to stand, arrives the deep conviction that there is no place to fall." > > http://www.emptinessteachings.com/Emptiness.html > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > 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
