ryhorikawa writes (Fri, 04 Nov, 01:20:51 ????)
> In addition to being used as one of the translations for "sunyata"
> (emptiness), "wu" ("mu" in Japanese) was also used to translate
> "abhava" (non-existence).
Thanks for that, ryhorikawa. Right on. It's the non-existence
of self-being or own-being - not to the (wrong) idea that nothing
exists. A tree, an ocean, a star, a human being all exist, but
from moment to moment they've got no permanent essence or selfhood,
they're empty of that. There's plenty of existence, and all of it
is transparent and constantly changing. So wu/mu/sunyata isn't a
denial of existence - only a pointing to the fact that nothing has
an autonomous self, everything's in the act of disappearing as a
"thing". That's the KU of the (Japanese) Heart Sutra. SHIKI FU
I KU KU FU I SHIKI - "Sariputra, form not different emptiness,
emptiness not different form" - SHIKI SOKU ZE KU KU SOKU ZE SHIKI -
"form then is emptiness, emptiness is form".
Existence is all over the place, only it's KU, MU.
Bows,
~ Frank
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