06-25-2010, 12:01 AM
nemo,
Could you define formlessness according to how you view it? Also darting past the eagle. Its important to get at what each of us are talking about here. For instance, Nagarjuna has been well elaborated, so hopefully his material is now very clear. Now you have introduced formlessness to the topic, and previously, Lex brought up darting past the eagle. So if we have a working definitions, we can discuss.
To me, the pinnacle of achievement for a warrior is to dart past the eagle and be free. And the pinnacle of achievement for a Buddhist is to obtain Buddhahood. Both seemingly insurmountable tasks.
Formlessness does not touch upon dependent arising in any way, as far as I know of. But again, what is your perspective?
Could you define formlessness according to how you view it? Also darting past the eagle. Its important to get at what each of us are talking about here. For instance, Nagarjuna has been well elaborated, so hopefully his material is now very clear. Now you have introduced formlessness to the topic, and previously, Lex brought up darting past the eagle. So if we have a working definitions, we can discuss.
To me, the pinnacle of achievement for a warrior is to dart past the eagle and be free. And the pinnacle of achievement for a Buddhist is to obtain Buddhahood. Both seemingly insurmountable tasks.
Formlessness does not touch upon dependent arising in any way, as far as I know of. But again, what is your perspective?