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Recent content by EndlessArising

  1. EndlessArising

    Is there an observer?

    You are not talking about Buddhist emptiness, but rather a formless experience. Greg Goode: It is easy to misunderstand emptiness by idealizing or reifying it by thinking that it is an absolute, an essence, or a special realm of being or experience. It is not any of those things. It is...
  2. EndlessArising

    Is there an observer?

    The view that Buddhism rejects the existence of an inherent seer is not the minority view, lol. I really urge you to go on Dharmawheel.net forum and ask the lay and ordained practitioners there what they think. If it is your contention that I am holding a false and minority view, why not ask...
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    Is there an observer?

    Anatta is no different than it was 2500 years ago. So you care for a fringe minor school and don't care for the main schools? Not sure if you are aware, but it's no secret that Jonang school is seen by majority of Tibetan Buddhists as having wrong view by clinging to inherent Self. Using your...
  4. EndlessArising

    Is there an observer?

    I didn't say Buddha was a liar. This sutra probably has nothing to do with the historical Buddha. Even so, all of the dharma consists merely of methodologies. Of course it's manipulation, but the basis is compassion not some selfish ill will. Why do you think that no-self is nihilistic? I...
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    Is there an observer?

    You're pretty rude. I doubt I'll continue this conversation much longer. I am telling you what can be actually experienced. The logic is a tool/device to experience directly and also serves as a conceptual description. Phenomena are neither discrete or continuous, as I tried to explain. The...
  6. EndlessArising

    Is there an observer?

    :facepalm: Even Advaita practitioners experience constant awareness during awake, dreaming, and deep sleep. It's not unique to Buddhists. No need to repeat. Please don't spam. Anyway, no 'one' experiences deep sleep is true, but there is still experience/awareness.
  7. EndlessArising

    Is there an observer?

    It's common among advanced meditators. So you have not experienced the Self then? I am curious - why cling so much to a concept you've never experienced and can never experience? What justifies your belief?
  8. EndlessArising

    Is there an observer?

    If there was an observer, this would mean that mind exists separately from phenomena. This is a dualistic view. No observer can be found. It is merely a habit based on an assumption. To be hoenst, I'm not even sure if what you said even makes sense. Asserting that mind is not separate from...
  9. EndlessArising

    Is there an observer?

    Yes, deep sleep can be experienced. You can read UG Krishnamurti's account here. He describes anatta quite well Mystique of Enlightenment: Part 2 Again, I did not say Self is what is experienced. I said Self is an experience. This experience has characteristics, which I am sure you are...
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    Is there an observer?

    I didn't say Self is an object of experience. I said Self is an experience. It has certain characteristics which are well established in the Upanisads. I answered above
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    Nibbana vs Moksha

    Like I said in another post, nature in Buddhist terms is not an underlying formless essence, like an actually existent ground. True nature of something is it's actual condition, or what that thing truly is when you remove labels. This is not denying the experience of the thing, or saying that...
  12. EndlessArising

    Is there an observer?

    Most simple way I can try to explain it is this.... the formless all pervading essence termed Self is an experience. Dharmakaya is not an experience. It is the nature of all experiences, both form and formless. One does not experience Dharmakaya.
  13. EndlessArising

    Is there an observer?

    Well, we have to be careful here. If we say they are discrete, then that means they are individually separate, which would suggest inherent existence. But since all phenomena are impermanent and not self-caused, they cannot be discrete. The same with being one continuous phenomenon. If all...
  14. EndlessArising

    Is there an observer?

    I don't follow you. True nature and phenomenon are not dual. Nature is not an underlying essence, like an actually existent ground. True nature of something is it's actual condition, or what that thing truly is when you remove labels. This is not denying the experience of the thing, or...
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    Nibbana vs Moksha

    I understand the terminologies quite well. According to Buddhism, sat chit ananda leads to rebirth in a formless realm because of the fixation on infinite space. There are no permanent realms in Buddhism. This, for instance, is the desire realm. Buddhist cosmology - Wikipedia, the free...
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