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It is book learning, not experience. They would be and should be shunned by all practicing Buddhists because they do not really listen, they preach.
I mentioned already, often one's mind does not understand the transmission of scripture. For one, it is like trying to read Chinese. However, once one learns to communicate in Chinese, communication is as ordinary as in one's native language.
Scripture has transmitted Dhamma for centuries. In my experience, far more reliable & practical than "chopping wood" and "carrying water".
surely not scripture alone. it is experience that brings us the dharma. the scriptures just reflect such experiences.
it's better to have one moment of meditation then to have read all of the scriptures. an ego can hide behind knowledge, so it also can be a pitfall. "reliable and practical" is just your belief.
all methods are reliable and practical based on "your mind". there is no one size fits all when it comes to the dharma.
also one can communicate the dharma well if they study hard. just because you can communicate the dharma doesn't mean that individual has realized such dharma.
but i am sure you understand what i am saying. so this is for the rest of the people here.
supramundane teachings are the teachings one realize in deep meditation or spontaneously in everyday life. one can chop wood and drink water and realize the nature of reality. there are many methods. you do not acquire the essence of such teachings by reading alone. that is the point of my post.
The irony is awesome! I'm not hungry for worms today.
Dennis60 certainly does not sound angry to me nor I am in a position to comment on his state of mind
(aMatt...falling back into personality psychoanalyst mode...)
I didn't analyze his personality. I said he sounded angry, which is an observation and validation of a potential emotion that fueled his post, not a judgement of his temperment. We do see different things!
You're the one analyzing my personality... saying I'm falling into a mode of psychoanalyst...
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Dennis60 certainly does not sound angry to me nor I am in a position to comment on his state of mind
Dennis60 is simply expressing his views on how Dharma is transmitted
(aMatt...falling back into personality psychoanalyst mode...)
:wow:
Scripture has transmitted Dhamma for centuries. In my experience, far more reliable & practical than "chopping wood" and "carrying water".
Regards
it's better to have one moment of meditation then to have read all of the scriptures. an ego can hide behind knowledge, so it
also can be a pitfall. "reliable and practical" is just your belief.
all methods are reliable and practical based on "your mind". there is no one size fits all when it comes to the dharma.
also one can communicate the dharma well if they study hard. just because you can communicate the dharma doesn't mean that individual has realized such dharma.
but i am sure you understand what i am saying. so this is for the rest of the people here.
try sticking to the subject, rather than getting caught up in discursive (monkey) mind
i understanding what you are saying but i get the impression you do not
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one can chop wood and drink water and realize the nature of reality. there are many methods.
you do not acquire the essence of such teachings by reading alone. that is the point of my post.
dennis60 made an excellent point.
You're the one analyzing my personality... saying I'm falling into a mode of psychoanalyst...
Too... much... irony... circuits...overloading....
No worries. No one knows precisely what the Buddha taught.
May all beings find the causes of true happiness within.
bucky
You can't get to "transcendence" without "the mundane."
May you all beings find the causes of true happiness within.
Spiny