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  1. dyanaprajna2011

    Atman, Other-Emptiness, and other Buddhists

    As crossfire pointed out, the suttas are clear. It might be a question you want answered, and have a belief regarding that question/answer, and that's fine. But know it's not what the Buddha taught. I second that. The Buddha taught that consciousness is an aggregate. Then, to further...
  2. dyanaprajna2011

    Atman, Other-Emptiness, and other Buddhists

    As the Heart Sutra says, there's no Nirvana, nothing to attain. :) Yes, but you seem to assume that non-dualism inherently implies an atman, which is not the case. That's what you're implying. Has the debate finally come full-circle, where you're finally starting to see what the Buddha...
  3. dyanaprajna2011

    Atman, Other-Emptiness, and other Buddhists

    Sunyata is the emptiness of self-identity, which is the emptiness of the aggregates and the sense bases. If you acknowledge a 'seer' of sunyata, then you acknowledge the presence of the aggregates in sunyata, which goes against Buddhist teaching. We have to remember that initial experience...
  4. dyanaprajna2011

    Buddhist online shopping

    Does anyone know of good websites to buy Buddhist items? I'm looking specifically for Pure Land prayer beads, and Amitabha statues.
  5. dyanaprajna2011

    Atman, Other-Emptiness, and other Buddhists

    It seems what we have here is a debate on the authentic words of the Buddha. So here's my take on the sutras: I believe that the authentic words of the Buddha are to be found in the tripitaka. The Mahayana sutras I view more as shastras, commentaries on the Buddha's teachings, but not...
  6. dyanaprajna2011

    Atman, Other-Emptiness, and other Buddhists

    I'm more inclined toward the Tripitaka and the Prajnaparamita sutras. But the reason I asked is because you seem to be fixated on the Nirvana sutra, as if the Buddha taught nothing else. You can't simply attach to one sutra, and expect it to have all the teachings; you have to take the...
  7. dyanaprajna2011

    Atman, Other-Emptiness, and other Buddhists

    Just curious- are you familiar with any other Buddhist scriptures, or do you just find them a waste of time?
  8. dyanaprajna2011

    Atman, Other-Emptiness, and other Buddhists

    You ask that as if you expect the answer to be no, or like it's rhetorical. Of course it's impermanence watching impermanence. That's only an assumption. If A=B, then it's a pretty safe bet and logical assumption that B=A. We differ on this. The Heart Sutra disagrees.
  9. dyanaprajna2011

    Brain scans during an out of body experience

    I agree with both of you, more studies need to be done. Hopefully this will show that more needs to be done, and it doesn't just get ignored.
  10. dyanaprajna2011

    Brain scans during an out of body experience

    Scientists Scanned A Woman's Brain During An Out-Of-Body Experience Regardless of what's going on, scientists found that, during an out of body experience, something different is actually going on in the brain. This is a pretty interesting article. Any thoughts?
  11. dyanaprajna2011

    Hindus and Buddhists: Atman and Anatta

    Since there's been heated debate recently about the Buddhist doctrine of anatta, and since some seem to think that the Buddha taught atman, I decided to take a different look at both. So here, Hindus and Buddhists can debate their positions, on this question: Which idea, Hindu atman, or...
  12. dyanaprajna2011

    Atman, Other-Emptiness, and other Buddhists

    We have to remember, all the teachings of the Buddha all tie in to each other. Without one, the whole system fails. Anatta/anatman is tied into each and every other Buddhist idea. Without anatta, there's no rebirth, no karma, no three seals, no nirvana. To deny anatta, is to deny...
  13. dyanaprajna2011

    Atman, Other-Emptiness, and other Buddhists

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%80tman_(Hinduism) Buddhism and Hinduism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia From the Wiki article on atman: Now, before I get into it, can anyone here (atanu or Ekanta) tell me how this is Buddhism? There is no first principal in Buddhism. There is no true...
  14. dyanaprajna2011

    Atman, Other-Emptiness, and other Buddhists

    The Doctrine of No-Soul Another good analysis of why the Buddha did not teach atman, from 'What the Buddha Taught", by Walpola Rahula.
  15. dyanaprajna2011

    Atman, Other-Emptiness, and other Buddhists

    BUDDHISM, COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT - A Guide to Buddhism A to Z From Buddhism A to Z: Common Misconceptions about Buddhism Statement: Buddhism teaches that at death the soul passes from one body to the next. Answer: All Buddhists sects teach that there is no eternal unchanging soul or...
  16. dyanaprajna2011

    Atman, Other-Emptiness, and other Buddhists

    What Buddhists Believe - Is there an Eternal Soul? An excellent article by Ven. Dhammananda Maha Thera, called "Is There An Eternal Soul?", which does a good job of explaining the Buddhist point of view.
  17. dyanaprajna2011

    Atman, Other-Emptiness, and other Buddhists

    Mulapariyaya Sutta: The Root Sequence Nirvana is not a source/ground from which phenomena arises. Mula Sutta: Rooted Nirvana is not phenomenon, but the ending of such. Itivuttaka: The Group of Twos
  18. dyanaprajna2011

    Atman, Other-Emptiness, and other Buddhists

    How about this: let's just assume that the Buddhists who practice Buddhism and live Buddhism know what they're talking about when it comes to Buddhism, and all those who aren't Buddhist or try to combine Buddhism with something else just admit that they just might have some presuppositional...
  19. dyanaprajna2011

    Atman, Other-Emptiness, and other Buddhists

    From Chapter 21 of the Shobogenzo: Now, I'm not sure what's difficult to understand about this, but it seems one of the great Zen masters of the Soto school would know a bit more than us about what he's talking about.
  20. dyanaprajna2011

    Atman, Other-Emptiness, and other Buddhists

    The many and various schools of Hinduism have one thing in common, acceptance of the Vedas as supreme teaching, even if there are many differing interpretations on exactly what the Vedas say. In Buddhism, certain ideas were held as the basic, fundamental aspects of the religion, such as the...
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