--- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote:
>
> Steve,
> Â
> You say, "Nagarjuna
> said, those who try to turn Emptiness into a fixed explanation of
> reality are incurable."
> Â
> So we should not discount everything as illusion.
> Â
> You also say, "Â Gotama wasn't
> trying to explain reality to us. He was just giving us a skillful
> medical prescription to cure us of our Dukkha."
> Â
> When you have acute pain, e.g. from cancer, you would have big trouble
> convincing yourself that it is just illusion.
> Â
> Gotama also says the world is like a man hit by a poisonous arrow. The first
> thing to do is to pull it out and cure the disease. Then, I think, we should
> think about why he was hit by an arrow. It includes the question of karma.
> Â
> Anthony
Hi Anthony. My goodness, you love to argue! I am not asserting any
fixed opinions on the matter, just suggesting possibilities. Please
take care, lest you fall into the Klesha of excessive dogmatism.
Steve
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