indeed edgar... merle Buddha nature is what reality is made of, humans just partake of it because they are part of reality like everything else. The corollary is that everyone is already enlightened all the time because reality is all that exists. So realization is just a matter of realizing you are already enlightened.
Edgar On Jul 28, 2012, at 9:52 AM, ED wrote: > > >Edgar, > >As per evolutionary theory or evolutionary psychology, how could buddha >nature have come to be? > >--ED > >--- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote: >> >> I think in the very distant past what we now call 'awareness of Buddha >Nature' was the norm. As human intellect developed and we as a species >became more and more dependent and attached to our rational abilities >the awareness of Buddha Nature was more and more obscured over time. >What Siddhartha Buddha did (as the story goes) was to wipe away this >obscuration revealing (re-revealing really) Buddha Nature which was >there all the time. > >
