[MD] Emptiness & Quantum Mechancics

[MarshaV]

from Anthony's PhD thesis:   


"The Dynamic Quality viewpoint of the MOQ corresponds to the notion of sunyata or nothingness(50) as understood by Nagarjuna(51)   

50 ‘Empty’ in the sense of lacking inherent existence i.e. the indeterminate or the world of Buddhas; literally, the realm of understanding or wakefulness. ‘The root-word buddh means to wake up, to know, to understand.’ (Nhat Hanh, 1987, p.13) This viewpoint considers that the nature of reality is fundamentally indeterminate and interconnected. Out of the indeterminate arise the determinate aspects that are usually conceptualised in the West as subjects and objects.
51 Though scholars now believe the name ‘Nagarjuna’ refers to events that occurred to more than one person, a philosopher of that name definitely existed in the second century C.E. His principal philosophical work was the Madhyamakakarika. Williams (1989, p.55) notes that: ‘Nagarjuna is the first great name in Buddhist thought since the Buddha, and for that reason (among others) he is sometimes referred to as the “second Buddha”.’"





On Oct 8, 2010, at 1:47 PM, MarshaV wrote:

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> Emptiness is concept that self and all phenomenon are empty of inherent existence.
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> On Oct 8, 2010, at 1:25 PM, Andre Broersen wrote:
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>> John to Marsha:
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>> Meditate.  But don't meditate upon nothingness, or you will obtain
>> nothingness.  Meditate upon truth and you will know truth.  It's really very
>> simple.
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>> Andre:
>> John, I'll be honest and say that I have not followed the entire thread but this caught my attention.
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>> Prey tell, what is your understanding of 'nothingness' (in Buddhism) and what is 'truth'(in radical empiricism)?
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>> I think you need to be clear on these two concepts before you burden Marsha with meditating on them.
>> Trying to follow Marsha's frame of mind it sounds like an eternal condemnation into reified and at the
>> same time relativized sq....she'll go nuts!!
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>> Tell me John, is this your true hidden agenda in all this?...get rid of the bitch!
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