[MD] What's Emptiness?

[Dan Glover]

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 2:56 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
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> 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.

I am sorry for your loss, Marsha. We never know enough good people in
life. May peace be with you.

Dan


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> Marsha
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> On Oct 17, 2010, at 7:59 PM, John Carl wrote:
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>> Well Tsong-kha-pa certainly got it right, Marsha.  Things do arise and they
>> come into existence and they affect one another.
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>> I agree completely.
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>> 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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