Chuck,
This is a very good question and a key to my beliefs.
The self is an illusion (maya), so no beings actually have a self. Karma is
also maya, and is only applicable to beings that have the illusion of self.
Since an enlightened being does not have the illusion of self, so also does
not
Below is what I have heard (like Ananda) and gradually witness.
All terms, labels and concepts form a world in our brain describing what
is happening in the world of lives, where everything is occurring as per
order of nature or dharma.
In the world of description, Bodhisatva is someone
Al,
This is my theory.
(We don't need no stinkin' badges!)
.Bill!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] self is an illusion (maya),
-From: BillSmart@ This is my theory.
Dear Bill,
One of the problems that I have had had with Christianity is that every
minister has their own theory, and they claim everyone else is going to
hell.
At least the Catholics usually stick to one dogma, but I find the services
to meaningless.
.a more meaningful response:
Al,
This is my theory.
(We don't need no stinkin' badges!)
I can't site any sutra chapter and verse, but I've been taught that an
enlightened being has 'escaped the wheel of life and death', which means to
me has transcended karma. Also I've been taught that
My question isn't concerning Buddha-nature, not initially anyway. I agree with
you about
sentient-beings too. At least in the Pali canon though, the Buddha makes the
human a
special category relative to enlightenment, and my question is how is that
category to be
understood in the everyday
