Timeline for Buddhist Ontology/Reductionism vs Science
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| Jan 10, 2019 at 16:00 | comment | added | Mishu 米殊 | Let us continue this discussion in chat. | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 15:58 | comment | added | user14119 | @Mishu米殊 - Pardon me, but from here it seems you have not understood nonduality. I do not know the relevance of '1 + 1 =1'. Nonduality takes us beyond number and form. A discussion for another time maybe. | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 15:55 | comment | added | user14119 | @Mishu米殊- Yes, two ways of speaking about one thing would be good approximate description of the idea of 'Two Truths'. But neither truth would be the whole story. I don't know what you mean as regards misinterpretations and erroneous translations. These words have been in constant daily use for centuries without any problems. . | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 15:50 | comment | added | Mishu 米殊 | ... non-duality is a product of misunderstanding of Buddhist doctrine. It is Vedanta. It doesn't mean 1+1 = 1 (non-duality). It's logically incorrect too. However, I do admire your quest for knowledge and extensive reading on many subjects :) | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 15:44 | comment | added | Mishu 米殊 | Perhaps discouragement to you @PeterJ, Two Truths/ non-duality is a misinterpretation. "Two Truths" is an erroneous translation of 二諦. (Many Tibetan texts were translated from Chinese in Tang Dynasty, many Sanskrit texts also back translated from Chinese for original Indian texts were lost or perished. Ancient China comparatively advanced in writing means: paper and printing invented, silk with treatment for long-lasting or stone craving; also very conscious in preserving knowledge.) 二諦 means two ways of speaking one thing... | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 15:21 | comment | added | Mishu 米殊 | [Mount Wutai]( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Wutai) is the residence of Manjursri, who's affiliate with knowledge, intelligence, academic. Ooops, I've written extreme long comment. You are most welcome if you have any question that I could help, you may write from my blog's email form which I could reply more properly. | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 15:20 | comment | added | Mishu 米殊 | ... [Longquan Monastery]( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longquan_Monastery) is associated with bringing the Dharma to more intellectual practitioners, with monks coming from the primary universities in China with doctoral degrees. Its website is multi-lang. with Eng.. As side note, the "#metoo" scandal related to the Abbot, imo, is a "social engineering" implanted by the "power". If, you dedicated to being a seeker, I suggest your visiting all the famous mountains where different Bodhisattvas reside, such as... | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 15:19 | comment | added | Mishu 米殊 | ...Esp. Book (2) is almost like an introductory or summary, it is spoken by Huineng the enlightened master who not just once being spotted possessed Rddhi power like an Arhat (a sign or mark of an accomplished master). His full Sarira (relic of his body) perfectly sits in Nanhua Temple for ~1300 years. Wikipedia said "mummification" is incorrect, no preservation procedure, it even suffered certain damage during the Cultural Revolution. In order to hide it from the Red Guards, the monks buried the relic in a cave, Southern China was humid, it caused certain deterioration... | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 15:19 | comment | added | Mishu 米殊 | ...The next "book" I recommended is Huineang's (2) Platform Sutra, same read commentary just as side note. Last "book" is Bodhidharma's Bloodline Theory. Red Pine (he translated it as "Bloodstream" which is erroneous) has a translation which I don't want to recommend. But at the moment probably that's the only one in English. I've roughly finished my translation but I'm not through with editing and my English is not ideal. Book (1) is very difficult, Book (2) and (3) is relatively easy that's why I recommend... | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 15:18 | comment | added | Mishu 米殊 | ...My hindsight told me perhaps City of 10000 Buddha has the best translation so far, and don't read Master Hsuan Hua's commentary by the 1st time. Read his commentary as a side note when you've finished discerning the meaning from your own study. It is my prejudice that no master nowadays fits for delivering Dharma if you aimed at very advance, intuitive, revelatory level of deliverance. The masters are fitted for teaching average general public, with generalization and superficial information... | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 15:16 | comment | added | Mishu 米殊 | ...disposition, temperament, or his origin (we all have been in different forms of lives with different experiences - the past lives). For example, the Chán School patriarch Huineng particularly resonated with Diamond Sutra. But, just guessing, perhaps (1) Surangama Sutra is for you. Though you can't read Chinese, a less ideal choice of reading English translation may still be worthwhile. The Sutra is very scientific but the etymology of course is not. It is very very difficult, I can guarantee you... | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 15:15 | comment | added | Mishu 米殊 | ...those of logic and reason which built upon acquiring information or expanding new categories, Buddhist doctrines dealt with removing compartmentalization and conceptualization. With removing, the original will be revealed, often used the metaphor of black clouds hiding the bright moon. Bright moon is the original state. Therefore, we learn to unlearn, by unlearning we acquire the true knowledge, instead of we learn to acquire more knowledge. Usually a learner is particularly associated with one or two Sutras. Some Sutras especially resonates with a learner perhaps due to his... | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 15:13 | comment | added | Mishu 米殊 | Thanks Marcus :), and your appreciate of my blog. Unfortunately there is no book to recommend. Over 2000 years, none of any accomplished Buddhist master written any "introductory" or "summary" or "cookbook" book on Buddha Dharma. It is impossible, and all accomplished masters dare not to bear the bad Karma of teaching wrong Buddha Dharma. No one can properly, perfectly explain the Buddha's mind, only able to help the learner by giving his own perspective as reference. The learning is by seeing the Dharma directly himself. On the other hand, in contrast to knowledge of science or... | |
| Jan 9, 2019 at 14:50 | comment | added | user14119 | @Marcus.AR - Gets my vote. i'd agree about books by (pure) scholars on Nagarjuna. They are often over-complicated and unhelpful if not actually uncomprehending. But good books on Two Truths, non-duality etc.would be completely vital for a scientist or philosopher arriving at Buddhism since this is way into the doctrine for a scholar. To do the formal philosophy one doesn't need a full understanding. I feel that the only hope for academic philosophy is to acquire an understanding of Nagarjuna but it doesn't have to be the sort of understanding and acquaintance that a Buddhist would want. . | |
| Jan 9, 2019 at 11:15 | comment | added | Marcus. AR | Also could you suggest me any Teacher? of Mahayana Buddhism? I am ready to travel to China and leave everything and spend my life there learning the Dhamma. Are there any online YouTube lectures that I can hear? In English? | |
| Jan 9, 2019 at 10:57 | comment | added | Marcus. AR | I also have checked the blog on Celestory. Very informative and enlightening. Thank you! | |
| Jan 9, 2019 at 9:48 | comment | added | Marcus. AR | So could you suggest me some books to read? That has a scientific as well as Buddhist outlook? You have indeed suggested books to ~read. But I want those books that let me understand this beautiful subject. | |
| Jan 9, 2019 at 6:26 | comment | added | Marcus. AR | Dear Mishu, peace be upon you! Thanks for this divine teaching. I will keep reflecting over and over till I get a grasp of it. It is too deep and thanks again for taking efforts to explain me and enlighten me. | |
| Jan 8, 2019 at 17:58 | history | answered | Mishu 米殊 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |