[MD] emptiness

[118]

Hi Tuukka,
My name is Mark.  118 represents the atomic weight of ununoctium, the element with the highest molecular weight we humans have been able to make so far.  Why I use it is a long story.  I am a chemist of sorts.

No problem with the "misspelling" I kind of liked it.

Sent laboriously from an iPhone,
Mark

On Jan 3, 2012, at 7:12 PM, Tuukka Virtaperko <mail at tuukkavirtaperko.net> wrote:

> Sorry, I misspelled your name, 118. I hope that was not important.
> 
> -Tuukka
> 
> 4.1.2012 5:11, Tuukka Virtaperko kirjoitti:
>> Hello 188,
>> nice to meet you.
>> 
>> 4.1.2012 2:58, 118 kirjoitti:
>>> Is existence inherent?  Hmmm...  What the Buddhist would say is: NO!
>>> They would treat everything like a rainbow.  A rainbow does not exist
>>> inherently because it requires causes.  Therefore, there is nothing
>>> one could point to as the actual essence of a rainbow, or anything for
>>> that matter.  A waterfall would be another example.  Again, I do not
>>> see this as Nihilistic, but more a shirking of responsibility, if this
>>> was the sum total of Buddhism.  This is what Marsha does not
>>> understand.  Buddhists are very responsible for Self.  Therefore it
>>> does exist.
>> 
>> Could you tell me why a Buddhist would say so?
>> 
>> Isn't "not requiring a cause" also just another cause? Why does the absence of inherent existence require a cause? Shouldn't it be the other way around?
>> 
>> -Tuukka
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