--- Rod Scholl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 'Arising' is what I label the indescribable
> and unconcludable eventing to which I am constantly
> witness.
It may help to keep in mind that the Buddha
essentially taught two distinct teachings:
1. The conventional one, aimed at practitioners with
limited range (i.e. the Shravakas and Pratyekabuddhas
who attain nirvana)
2. The radical wisdom, aimed at fearless practitioners
who have the stamina to go all the way to the bitter
end
Nirvana is the concept taught to the beings with
limited range. This concept was introduced as an
imaginary oasis, a pit stop if you will, on the road
to buddhahood.
>From the vantage point of the radical wisdom, nirvana
is merely another extreme that needs to be steered
clear from. Seeing how nirvana and samsara are
diametrically opposed extremes, the fearless
practitioners do not fall into either.
The 'eventing' you've mentioned above was denied by
the Buddha. His radical wisdom teaching proclaims that
nowhere has any event ever taken place. It's all just
a dream.
Yes, I know, that's an outrageous claim, the one that
is extremely hard to stomach by all but the most
fearless practitioners. Such is the power of the
radical wisdom.
> So although I can't 'know' reality exists
> absolutely, it is only my
> dualistic mind that would grasp for the alternative
> that 'nothing
> exists'. The effort it takes to sustain this
> ridiculous idea is so
> painfully motivated...
Early Buddhist practitioners (i.e. Sthaviravadins,
Theravadins and Sarvastivadins) held knowledge (jnana)
in the highest esteem. Their ultimate goal was to
fully master the Buddha's teaching on the matrix of
reality (i.e. the Abhidharma).
But the radical wisdom followers discard knowledge
(jnana), and replace it with wisdom (prajna). The word
Prajna consist of a combination of two words: 'pra',
which is the prefix meaning 'before' (as in
pre-historic times), and 'jna', meaning 'to know'.
Thus, wisdom is the mind before knowing. So, there
isn't anything to know.
Alex
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