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by tiltbillings
Wed Oct 05, 2016 11:05 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Are there any other schools of Buddhism, besides Theravada, that are not non-dual?
Replies: 29
Views: 7094

Re: Are there any other schools of Buddhism, besides Theravada, that are not non-dual?

I guess the appeal of an all embracing ontological worldview has always been strong, as we can see in the Upanishads. It is a warm fuzzy point of view: It is all One, we are all One, and all sorts of warm fuzzy platitude that can follow from that. Also: "You are a dualist, always in opposition...
by tiltbillings
Wed Oct 05, 2016 10:31 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Thought substitution vs. Observing feeling
Replies: 208
Views: 41537

Re: Thought substitution vs. Observing feeling

ToVincent wrote: ...based on hard facts.
Facts as you, in your opinion, understand them. In this you are no different than anyone else, in my opinion, which is a fact as I understand it.
by tiltbillings
Wed Oct 05, 2016 7:26 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Thought substitution vs. Observing feeling
Replies: 208
Views: 41537

Re: Thought substitution vs. Observing feeling

ToVincent wrote: ...based on hard facts.
Facts as you, in your opinion, understand them. In this you are no different than anyone else, in my opinion, which is a fact as I understand it.
by tiltbillings
Wed Oct 05, 2016 7:14 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Thought substitution vs. Observing feeling
Replies: 208
Views: 41537

Re: Thought substitution vs. Observing feeling

ToVincent wrote: . . .
Thank you for sharing your opinions.
by tiltbillings
Wed Oct 05, 2016 6:46 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Thought substitution vs. Observing feeling
Replies: 208
Views: 41537

Re: Thought substitution vs. Observing feeling

ToVincent wrote: . . .
This is just an opinion based on hard facts, from the suttas with strict parallels.
Facts as you, in your opinion, understand them. Thank you for sharing them.
by tiltbillings
Wed Oct 05, 2016 4:25 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Thought substitution vs. Observing feeling
Replies: 208
Views: 41537

Re: Thought substitution vs. Observing feeling

ToVincent wrote: . . .
Thank you for sharing your opinions about facts and such.
by tiltbillings
Wed Oct 05, 2016 2:42 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Are there any other schools of Buddhism, besides Theravada, that are not non-dual?
Replies: 29
Views: 7094

Re: Are there any other schools of Buddhism, besides Theravada, that are not non-dual?

Actually in the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā Nagarjuna does not use the term advaya, not does he talk about "nonduality." If advaya is used in terms of the Madhyamaka, it is a much later development. Just looked this up. You're right, I posted an unwarranted assumption :toilet: I did find that th...
by tiltbillings
Wed Oct 05, 2016 2:38 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Thought substitution vs. Observing feeling
Replies: 208
Views: 41537

Re: Thought substitution vs. Observing feeling

. . . "That's better" ... "Thank you for sharing your opinions; however, I find nothing in them, or their delivery, that is compelling." That overall condescending tone of yours, won't mask the hard facts. Buddha did talk about a "doer" and an "other". Sorry ...
by tiltbillings
Wed Oct 05, 2016 7:42 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Is Paṭicca-samuppāda a "Scientific" Theory of Everything?
Replies: 21
Views: 4185

Re: Is Paṭicca-samuppāda a Theory of Everything?

Have to make amends (though not my fault completely). I am not one to back away from swallowing my pride. What do you guys think? Is Paṭicca-samuppāda a Theory of Everything? Or, an even broader question, is the Dhamma supposed to explain "everything" as some seem to hold or is it more a ...
by tiltbillings
Wed Oct 05, 2016 4:59 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Interpenetrationality
Replies: 89
Views: 21223

Re: Interpenetrationality

------------- Interpenetrationality. Damdifino what this word is supposed to mean in a practical sense. If you are asking about my sticking of the compound affix "-ality" on the end of "Interpenetration", it is technically a redundancy, but one that is well attested in the Engli...
by tiltbillings
Wed Oct 05, 2016 4:40 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Is Paṭicca-samuppāda a Theory of Everything?
Replies: 25
Views: 4823

Re: Is Paṭicca-samuppāda a Theory of Everything?

Thanks for posting this. I think your synopsis of the essay is intriguing enough for me to want to read it. I agree with his ideas in what you posted, particularly about what he said in what I left in place below. For me this is quite congruent with vipassana practice. . . . As Hamilton puts it the ...
by tiltbillings
Tue Oct 04, 2016 10:26 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Thought substitution vs. Observing feeling
Replies: 208
Views: 41537

Re: Thought substitution vs. Observing feeling

ToVincent wrote: . . .
Thank you for sharing your opinions; however, I find nothing in them, or their delivery, that is compelling.
by tiltbillings
Tue Oct 04, 2016 4:44 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Thought substitution vs. Observing feeling
Replies: 208
Views: 41537

Re: Thought substitution vs. Observing feeling

ToVincent wrote: . . .
That's better.
by tiltbillings
Tue Oct 04, 2016 12:50 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Are there any other schools of Buddhism, besides Theravada, that are not non-dual?
Replies: 29
Views: 7094

Re: Are there any other schools of Buddhism, besides Theravada, that are not non-dual?

Actually in the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā Nagarjuna does not use the term advaya, not does he talk about "nonduality." If advaya is used in terms of the Madhyamaka, it is a much later development. Just looked this up. You're right, I posted an unwarranted assumption :toilet: I did find that th...
by tiltbillings
Mon Oct 03, 2016 11:06 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Are there any other schools of Buddhism, besides Theravada, that are not non-dual?
Replies: 29
Views: 7094

Re: Are there any other schools of Buddhism, besides Theravada, that are not non-dual?

Everything is brahman, everything is nothing; either way he's still saying everything is the same thing. "[E]verything is nothing" is not what Nagarjuna is saying. And even if he were "Everything is brahman, everything is nothing; either way he's still saying everything is the same t...