In the Bāhiya Sutta, the Buddha appears to provide instructions on unmediated awareness. That which is seen (diṭṭha), heard (suta), sensed (muta), and cognized (viññāta) are simply seen, heard, sensed, and cognized. 1/
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Trying to find my way to an understanding of how the term "substance" is to be understood It seems likely that the term is used to point at the affective reaction to some more material event What is real need not be moved by what is ephemeral it has no substance beyond its passin
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Directly connected to the question of substance is the question of self. "In his previous life, Bāhiya was a monk under the Buddha Kassapa" If no self exists how is it that Bahiya lived a previous life? What agency was responsible for Bahiya instructions from beyond?pic.twitter.com/DRkVoxTFEW
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Wrapping my head around the concept of manifestation without substance. Will hold this for awhile I am a materialist a mechanic at heart who sees everything as a cause and a effect Dogen clearly points at the derivative and transitory nature of here-now as a point of engagement.
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