[MD] relative

[MarshaV]

Hello Tuukka,

Your "work for me" was peppered with 'buts', making what I presented insignificant:  yes, but the West won't accept; yes, but the Uni won't accept; yes, but academics won't accept.  Take off your culturally-biased glasses and notice the world is changing.  Influences are going global.  Asia is on the rise, and it might be that 'the West' is falling under the weight of its own greed, ill-will and ignorance.  And part of that ignorance might be its huge ego and its certainty.  The most insightful Wisdom that Buddhism has to offer is that our bloody knowledge is relative!  

It's been repeated on this list that 'actions have consequences'.  There's nothing new in that statement, for the Buddha stated long ago 'If this is, that comes to be; from the arising of this, that arises; if this is not, that does not come to be; from the stopping of this, that is stopped'.  I am sure other ancient civilizations also figured that out.  Actions have consequences and consequences have actions, and both are contingent on innumerable causes and conditions.  Knowledge, whether called 'static patterns of value' or 'conventional truths' are relative.  We learn more and go farther by accepting that, than from running from and denying it.   

If your interests are elsewhere, by all means: Go for it!  



Marsha 
 



 


On Jan 7, 2012, at 7:03 PM, Tuukka Virtaperko <mail at tuukkavirtaperko.net> wrote:

> Marsha,
> you gotta have poor self-esteem or something as to interpret that what you said didn't work for me.
> 
> -Tuukka
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> 8.1.2012 1:14, MarshaV kirjoitti:
>> Tuukka,
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>> I suppose your certainty is a Western attitude, but I do wonder on what it is based?  You know all about the future for the West, the Uni, and Western scholars.  That's quite remarkable!   So glad to have given you the opportunity to offer such great foresight and wisdom.  Your brilliance is amazing.  But to repeat what I wrote yesterday, my explorations and definition of 'static patterns of value' are based on my understanding of static quality and Buddhism's conventional (relative) truths.  If it doesn't work for you, please ignore it.  I'll do the same with what you present.  Thanks.
>> 
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>> Marsha