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Hi Marsha,

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 12:15 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:

>
> Mark,
>
> I understand.  Buddhism offers rationality AND meditation to understand
> and experience for yourself.  I believe what you are pointing to is that
> Buddhism is empty, Emptiness is empty.  Buddhism, in its rationality
> (wisdom),
> does not escape the reification process.   Buddhism, too, is a pointing to
> the Moon.
>
>
> Marsha
>
>
> [Mark]
Yes, for communication and teaching, which was one of Buddha's clinging
qualities, things much be transformed into words.  Such words are fingers
pointing.  For whatever reason I don't like the Moon analogy (any more).  It
implies that there is a moon.  I believe more that there are fingers
pointing, nothing more.  But then, I may change my mind tomorrow.  If this
moon is enlightenment, then we are already on the moon.  Maybe we should
turn the lights on to realize it.  Maybe its fingers pointing to the light
switch.  Maybe the moon is pointing to the fingers on the light switch.  Or
the Moon is created by the switching of a light.  OK, now I am confused.
 I've got blisters on my fingers!

Mark

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