Giant Buddha Rupas - Pros and Cons

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appicchato
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Re: Giant Buddha Rupas - Pros and Cons

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zavk wrote:...we need to be mindful that we do not take our framework of understanding as the universal standard for evaluation...it is also important to not essentialise one's own position.
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Re: Giant Buddha Rupas - Pros and Cons

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Even a cursory examination of the world will lead to the conclusion that the world is unreasonable.

With sufficient introspection one will come to see that the entire universe is unreasonable, including oneself.

The world appears to be particularly frustrating for those who are trying to reason with it. It has been demonstrated with relentless consistency that the application of reasoning has no effect on the pervasive unreasonableness of the world.

So why should this be any different? The Buddha is reported to have disapproved of images being made of him. Now such images are among some of the largest structures on earth.

Relax.
It's only natural that things should unfold in this way.

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But whoever walking, standing, sitting, or lying down overcomes thought, delighting in the stilling of thought: he's capable, a monk like this, of touching superlative self-awakening. § 110. {Iti 4.11; Iti 115}
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