--- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote:
>
> Steve,
> Â
> What do you think is Gotama's viewpoint? I believe he put a lot of emphasis
> on karma, which is deterministic.
> Â
> Anthony
>
> Hi Anthony. I am glad you asked me this. I actually answered this in other
> posts, but I will be happy to repeat myself. Unlike some early Hindu groups,
> Gotama understood karma as being mental. This aligns very well with Quantum
> probability. Each time a Conditioned Volitional Impulse arises, we have a
> split-second in which to either identify with it or not. If we DO identify
> with it, the probability increases that we will continue to identify with it
> in the future. But unlike hard Newtonian determinism, even if the probability
> is 99.9 percent that we will continue to react mindlessly to the samskara,
> there is still the real possibility that we won't. But please understand that
> the ego is an illusion. The ego is not choosing to either identify or not
> identify with anything, because the ego-entity doesn't exist as such.
> Ultimately it is The Whole Show that is awakening to It's own true nature and
> transcending all limitations, including so-called Laws of Nature. Ultimately,
> the Great Self of the Buddha (As the Nirvana Sutra puts it) is not enslaved
> to anything, including cause-and-effect! The Dzogchen people understand this
> very well, as do the Kashmir Shaivite people.
But WE are the Buddha! Insofar as we realize this, we too can rest in that
incomprehensible Freedom. IMO.
Steve
>
>
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