12-29-2010, 12:00 AM
The hat itself ( the "substance") has the shape, the colour, the size,
the softness and the appearance, but is distinct form them. While the
appearance, which are referred to by the philosophical term accidents,
are perceptible to the senses, the substance is not. Ninth
Ninth,
Why would you think the hat itself is the substance? You seem to see the hat (a labeled term) as something different than its shape, size, softness and appearance, as if, in your words "distinct" from them. Can the hat be discerned apart from these "accidents" as you call them.
Is this not exactly what we do with this notion of self? We look at the aggregates, form, perception, mental formations, sensation and consciousness and concoct an idea of self as something "substantial" that is experiencing these aggregates. But if we look closer this, notion of self is merely implied.
We do the same with objects. This is what I was talking about. It happens so fast we are barely if at all aware of it. We attribute an individual inherent essence to a concoction of aggregates and circumstances. Craving. In this case you are "grasping" at the inherent essence of a hat. There is none.
What the size D hat can teach you = Dharmadhatu
the softness and the appearance, but is distinct form them. While the
appearance, which are referred to by the philosophical term accidents,
are perceptible to the senses, the substance is not. Ninth
Ninth,
Why would you think the hat itself is the substance? You seem to see the hat (a labeled term) as something different than its shape, size, softness and appearance, as if, in your words "distinct" from them. Can the hat be discerned apart from these "accidents" as you call them.
Is this not exactly what we do with this notion of self? We look at the aggregates, form, perception, mental formations, sensation and consciousness and concoct an idea of self as something "substantial" that is experiencing these aggregates. But if we look closer this, notion of self is merely implied.
We do the same with objects. This is what I was talking about. It happens so fast we are barely if at all aware of it. We attribute an individual inherent essence to a concoction of aggregates and circumstances. Craving. In this case you are "grasping" at the inherent essence of a hat. There is none.
What the size D hat can teach you = Dharmadhatu