[MD] What's Emptiness?

[MarshaV]

John,   
 

Things arise, exist and fad away.  Depending,,, possibly to be repeated another day.  Or not.  

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My stepfather died.  He was a good man.    
 
 
 
Marsha  
 





On Oct 17, 2010, at 7:59 PM, John Carl wrote:

> Well Tsong-kha-pa certainly got it right, Marsha.  Things do arise and they
> come into existence and they affect one another.
> 
> I agree completely.
> 
> Johnny come lately
> 
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> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 1:26 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
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>> 
>> Oh right, Emptiness...
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>>  "For Tsong-kha-pa, the compatibility of emptiness and dependent arising
>> is the very heart of the Madhyamaka view and the key to the path.  Dependent
>> arising means that things come into being in dependence upon causes and
>> conditions.  Understanding dependent arising correctly refutes the idea that
>> things exist in of themselves---because they must depend on other things.
>> In the same moment, it also refutes the nihilist extreme---because it show
>> that things do arise, they do come into existence, and they affect one
>> another.  Thus, Tsong-kha-pa advises that if you think that you may have
>> found the profound view of emptiness, you should check to see if you have
>> negated too much.  Can this "emptiness" you have discovered be reconciled
>> with the mere existence of things that arise interdependently? If not, then
>> you are certainly mistaken."
>> 
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>> And I love a Cabaret!!!!!!!!!
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