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"Rangtong generally refers to the Madhyamaka view which holds that all phenomena are empty of self (Atman), i.e., no-self (Anattā), and inherent nature (Svabhava) and that this emptiness is not an absolute reality, but a mere nominal designation."
"for Kongtrül...non-dual primordial wisdom is truly established, otherwise the ultimate reality would be a kind of nothingness."
I agree with him even though madhyamaka says that emptiness itself is empty and not the foundation, if there is no svabhava, then emptiness is the svabhava.
"for Kongtrül...non-dual primordial wisdom is truly established, otherwise the ultimate reality would be a kind of nothingness."
I agree with him even though madhyamaka says that emptiness itself is empty and not the foundation, if there is no svabhava, then emptiness is the svabhava.
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georgia
georgia
I also learned that this shunyavadi thinking dominates vajrayana buddhism... why??? its so cool in other ways like tummo...
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@genmaicha that describes a semantic cavil, lots of practices aim to get certain results from the universe/God, like many kinds of prayer, and supernatural things arise from meditation and sadhana, like siddhis. the world is inherently supernatural/"magical", but when you seek results without properly "paying" for them (understanding and respecting their origin in a beneficent God) you just rapidly drain good karma and often gain bad karma.
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georgia
georgia
reading about prajñaparamita/madhyamika buddhism makes me lowkey mad, no wonder people call buddhists nihilists. I'll just call those buddhists shunyavadis (after advaitins being called mayavadis). lmao I looked up the term and vaishnavites have already used it to refer to all followers of the buddha. this is the same anger which led vaishnavites to call the buddha an avatar with the purpose of leading asuras astray through non-observance of vedic dharma. i get it now!
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georgia
georgia
simply put magick without a religious basis is fuel for solipsism and ego-worship
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georgia
georgia
don't know why I'm reading so much about mahayana buddhism, picking apart where they believe in God while allegedly not believing in God
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georgia
honestly its funny how there was a historical buddha and yet so many buddhas east asians revere and even prefer are mythological
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georgia
@apollo I'm a big believer in doing sadharmya over svadharma, I consider this to be the ultimate teaching of the Bhagavad Gita while the rest of the mahabharata is very much about svadharma. but the rest of your post I would agree with. I pretty much consider vajrayana to be its own thing. often superior but not always, for instance theres a lot of superstitious "do this puja X times to be liberated by the vajrayogini/some color of tara" which is contrary to the teachings of the Buddha.
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@genmaicha expanded consciousness is wack, bro. I love it!
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@genmaicha yeah westerners aren't used to the iconography of wrathful Gods
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