--- wai_dk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Alex
>
> Would you like to cite some examples of these
> contradictory
> utterances for discussion? I think we may be able to
> learn much from
> it.
Hi wai,
Off the top of my head (I'm at work now) I wouldn't be
able to offer pointed examples. Throughout my years of
practice, I've read many recorded statements where the
Masters would seemingly contradict themselves. I'd
have to go back and dig up those books again.
But how about this: you probably know, as I'm sure all
the other people on this list do, that the Buddha
himself taught that the most important thing to
acknowledge is that there is no soul, no self-nature.
If there is one thing to take away from Buddhism it is
this -- no atman, no underlying essence.
How then do you reconcile that with the Buddha's
teaching about karma, rebirth and liberation. If there
is no self-nature (no svabhava), who is it that enjoys
the accumulation of karma, the bitter fruits of
rebirth, and the sweetness of liberation? Doesn't this
seem a bit inconsistent to you?
Of course, I absolutely agree with you that it is
inconsistent only on the superficial level, but not in
a deeper sense. But the problem is that sometimes
people are not in the agreement on what's superficial
vs. what's essential.
Alex
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