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Coursing in Perfect Wisdom
by bodhi Wednesday, Sep 18 2013, 11:25am
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It is said that when the Bodhisattva was ‘coursing in perfect wisdom’ he perceived that all was beyond quality and definition; that the five categories were void and that the four noble truths of Buddhism were also void/meaningless -- a very bold assertion for a Buddhist to make, who would dare deny the four noble truths of Sakyamuni Buddha himself, a heretic or a more enlightened being? The assertion would be equivalent to a Christian decrying the divinity of Jesus as fraudulent for the simple reason that he did not die on the cross as the fantasy suggests, for if ‘God’ died then he would have taken the entire universe/existence with him and as we know the universe did not miss a beat -- therefore, no death, no resurrection no Truth -- now why couldn’t I see that, maybe because I’m a brainwashed dunce and believe in the most preposterous irrational fictions?

Christianity is easily proven to be based on a huge LIE. The next time you encounter a rabid Christian simply ask for an explanation or decry the Christian narrative as fiction, which of course it is! Then offer to convert the poor ignorant fool to Buddhism where he/she at least has a chance to discover Truth,.

So it seems that all doctrine and dogma are worthless and not worth the paper they are printed on. Nevertheless, the essence of the Heart Sutra is sublime and infers Truth -- though to be fair and accurate, no Buddha existed to perceive any/no-thing; as no seer or seen, subject-object exists in the void, elementary concepts for Buddhists.

Imagine conservatives confronted with the Buddhist void, nothing to believe in, no static concepts, formula, fixed (anal) principles, RULES or anything to control -- only TRUTH, which cannot be known/apprehended with preconceptions or expectations.

I do not wish to be harsh but if you’ve just discovered you’re a moron, please cease reading now and go watch the wrestling or Letterman on TV, perhaps even Murdoch’s Fox news, which has no relationship with truth whatsoever.

So where to from here? Why no-where of course, beyond limitations and concepts -- it is clear that the infinite and finite (language concepts etc) are mutually exclusive; everyone should know that Truth fills all space and time!

A Zen adage -- If you see the Buddha on the road fuck him up the arse; you will be venerated by all the Gods. [You think me irreverent, don't you?]

http://cleaves.zapto.org/news/story-714.html