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driedleaf: The Kathavatthu-atthakatha speaks of two kinds of emptiness. There is the emptiness of being, for example, the five aggregates of material shape, feeling, perception, habitual tendencies, … (View Post)
To start off, the following might be helpful.The historical source of the name Mahayana is polemical, having its origin in a debate about what the real teachings of the Buddha are. As such, its use i… (View Post)
I think the attempt to compare the natural and physical sciences with Buddhism's own science, which is for the 'first person', can't be done. Nothing is Buddhism should be edited out or revised becau… (View Post)
Perhaps the greatest fallacy of modern science is that people are taught, especially in the West, that science is the only means of knowledge. This is rubbish. Having studied Buddhism for over half m… (View Post)
We do exist but not as material shape, feelings, perception, habitual formations, and sensory consciousness. This is what the Buddha taught.“But monks, an instructed [aryan] disciple of the pure ones… (View Post)