[MD] What's Emptiness?

[MarshaV]

Thank you, Dan.   Peace be with all of us.    


Marsha   
 


On Oct 18, 2010, at 10:57 AM, Dan Glover wrote:

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