Understand Dependent Arising

MikeRalphKing wrote: ↑Sat Sep 23, 2023 7:36 pm It would make no sense at all to qualify "mine" with "unchanging", "I" with "unchanging, or "my self" with "unchanging".

Do you think you’re the same person…


As you were in high school?

MikeRalphKing wrote: ↑Sat Sep 23, 2023 10:24 am It is a mistake to believe that the doctrine of no-self is made comprehensible by qualifying ‘self’ with ‘unchanging’ or ‘permanent’.

The point is you change


You are not the same person you were

Emmett

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Radix wrote: ↑Sat Sep 23, 2023 3:24 pm Benefit how?

As much as possible

Radix wrote: ↑Sat Sep 23, 2023 3:24 pm What makes you think I don't benefit?

You seem to be stuck on criticizing the religion

Radix wrote: ↑Sat Sep 23, 2023 2:38 pm Because Western Buddhists

They benefit from the religion… unlike you

I prefer accesstoinsight

abhinav1 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 22, 2023 4:56 pm Is it that I should seek instructions from a monk only.

Learn from the Buddha


Otherwise you are not a Buddhist

Radix wrote: ↑Fri Sep 22, 2023 6:42 pm We've discussed Buddhist protestantism here before.

But why?

Radix wrote: ↑Fri Sep 22, 2023 6:06 pm Textbook protestantism.

Buddhism

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Radix wrote: ↑Thu Sep 21, 2023 3:09 pm Are you saying … that the suttas can be correctly and sufficiently understood solely from themselves,

Yes…

Radix wrote: ↑Thu Sep 21, 2023 3:03 pm Not just any religion,

The Only… Leading To Nirvana

Maybe, but for something so basic and universally understood, Ananda: "It's amazing, lord, it's astounding, how deep this dependent co-arising is, and how deep its appearance, and yet to me it seems as clear as clear can be." The Buddha: " Don't say that, Ananda. Don't say that. Deep...