Monthly Archives: August 2014
The Myth of Original Enlightenment
A person has six properties, six media of sensory contact, eighteen considerations, & four determinations. He has been stilled where the currents of construing do not flow. And when the currents of construing do not flow, he is said to … Continue reading
Avoiding Fairy Dust Buddhism
It has been suggested in Fairy Dust Buddhism, that there exists a ‘Holy Trinity’ of Gotama, Nāgārjuna, & Jesus and this is an interesting idea. Many Westerners came to Buddhism as a rejection of Christianity. Others suggest all religions teach … Continue reading
It’s Still True — No One Purifies Another
It is easy to think that Mahāyāna has made it pretty clear that they distinguish between ‘the Buddha’ and ‘Buddha’ as a state of being per se. The problem with referring to ‘Living Buddhas’ and people becoming a Buddha in … Continue reading
One Motif — No Clinging
‘Indeed, the Blessed One is worthy and rightly self-awakened, consummate in knowledge & conduct, well-gone, an expert with regard to the world, unexcelled as a trainer for those people fit to be tamed, the Teacher of divine & human beings, … Continue reading
Fists Full of Sand 