07-01-2010, 12:02 AM
Asiris wrote:Emptiness is going back to your original true nature. Love.
I do feel compassion is one of the highest realizations in terms of
wisdom realizing emptiness. Fully developed, a compassionate viewpoint
sees all things as equal.
In Mahayana Buddhism, which is Nagarjunas sect, compassion is cultivated by the goal of helping all sentient beings end suffering. The Bodhisattva that plays an important role among Mahayana practitioners is Avalokitesvara. Fully realized compassion, joined by Tara, fully enlightened. In China she became known as Kuan Yin, in Japan Kannon. Tibet Chenrezig, three worlds protector.
Some may mistake this for worship of a deity. But in the strict Mahayana understanding, all things dependently arise, a true nature or essence is unlocatable, thus does not occur. Yet the value of compassion is still prized for its attribute of wisdom realizing emptiness.
I invite you Asiris to examine your view of Love being the true nature, based on all we have put forth here in this thread. Dependent arising does not undermine the value of compassion, rather it clears away distorted mental formations about Love and emptiness, and it is a compassionate gesture to end suffering born from ignorance about an inherentness which does not exist. True liberation. The Bodhisattva of this is Avalokitesvara, Bodhisattva of Compassion. So no one is saying give up compassion, yet its not our true nature, we have no true nature. Regardless, compassion is certainly the way towards experiencing the Bliss realizing emptiness.
I do feel compassion is one of the highest realizations in terms of
wisdom realizing emptiness. Fully developed, a compassionate viewpoint
sees all things as equal.
In Mahayana Buddhism, which is Nagarjunas sect, compassion is cultivated by the goal of helping all sentient beings end suffering. The Bodhisattva that plays an important role among Mahayana practitioners is Avalokitesvara. Fully realized compassion, joined by Tara, fully enlightened. In China she became known as Kuan Yin, in Japan Kannon. Tibet Chenrezig, three worlds protector.
Some may mistake this for worship of a deity. But in the strict Mahayana understanding, all things dependently arise, a true nature or essence is unlocatable, thus does not occur. Yet the value of compassion is still prized for its attribute of wisdom realizing emptiness.
I invite you Asiris to examine your view of Love being the true nature, based on all we have put forth here in this thread. Dependent arising does not undermine the value of compassion, rather it clears away distorted mental formations about Love and emptiness, and it is a compassionate gesture to end suffering born from ignorance about an inherentness which does not exist. True liberation. The Bodhisattva of this is Avalokitesvara, Bodhisattva of Compassion. So no one is saying give up compassion, yet its not our true nature, we have no true nature. Regardless, compassion is certainly the way towards experiencing the Bliss realizing emptiness.