06-23-2010, 12:01 AM
When I was given "What's Happening? " to read, I thought this could make better sense if were to smoke something funny. I still try to make better sense of what Nagarjuna is meaning. I did find truth and a bit of humor in verse 6&7.
6) If there are two happenings, then there must be two things that happen (two happeners), for there cannot be a happening without a happener.
7) If we can't say that anything is happening unless there is a happener (something that happens), then if there cannot be a happening, how could there be a happener ( something that happens)?
In retrospect, I think Narajuna is explaining dependent origination. How life is dependent on the chain of previous causes and effects which never cease but goes on in endless dance of birth, death and rebirth. Desire sets the life force in motion. The first cause is up for grabs in Buddhist literature. I still believe God is the first cause of creation and all else follows. I do try to think moreso about the nature of quantum physics since reading Nagarjuna. I try to veiw things both microscopically and telescopically which in essence is the same truth. Causes and effects are cyclical it is seen here on earth and in through out the universe. Humans and every thing, will rise, fall and die just as stars and galaxies will die and give rise . Every thing is interdependent on cause and effect.
6) If there are two happenings, then there must be two things that happen (two happeners), for there cannot be a happening without a happener.
7) If we can't say that anything is happening unless there is a happener (something that happens), then if there cannot be a happening, how could there be a happener ( something that happens)?
In retrospect, I think Narajuna is explaining dependent origination. How life is dependent on the chain of previous causes and effects which never cease but goes on in endless dance of birth, death and rebirth. Desire sets the life force in motion. The first cause is up for grabs in Buddhist literature. I still believe God is the first cause of creation and all else follows. I do try to think moreso about the nature of quantum physics since reading Nagarjuna. I try to veiw things both microscopically and telescopically which in essence is the same truth. Causes and effects are cyclical it is seen here on earth and in through out the universe. Humans and every thing, will rise, fall and die just as stars and galaxies will die and give rise . Every thing is interdependent on cause and effect.