Hi David,
Thanks for taking the time to elaborate on this. I
like your explanation, and I think it works for me.
Others will, of course, have different opinions on
this(mostly negative and occasionally very angry and
wrathful, as is to be expected). But, as the Buddhists
say, "the fire of anger uses the forest of merit as
its fuel." Burn, baby, burn!
Now, I'd like to add that there are numerous shades
that apply to what you've said below. For one, I'd
raise an issue whether enlightenment is 'the
acceptance of conflicting ideas', as you've stated, or
merely the realization that conflicting ideas are
non-existent.
But that's another bed-time story.
Alex
--- David Newman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Interesting question Alex. I look at it with the
> Gobs of my brain, as
> the contradiction itself ie the koan, is the truth
> of the ideal of
> enlightenment. That is, the acceptance of
> conflicting ideas are
> synonymous with enlightment. When we rid ourselves
> of desires, for
> either this or that, we are free to take in the
> whole.
>
> > Denial of self is one of the cornerstones of the
> > Buddhist practice. However, this practice can seem
> > unintelligible, since this denial of self
> presupposes
> > the existence of self whose existence is being
> denied.
> >
> > Has anyone encountered this problem before, and
> what
> > did you do to try and deal with it?
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