@Jayarava Curious what you think of the actual content of the Heart Sutra, regardless of its dodgy lineage.
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It has several parts. 1. Bodhisatva cult. For many people soothing and helpful. 2. Emptiness. Mostly presented as bad metaphysics, attempts to describe the "experience" of cessation. Useful *in context* 3. Magic spell. Magic hinders facing up to reality.
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But of course I am the *only* person presenting the text this way. Others present it differently. I think those other presentations are *universally* unhelpful and delusional. And the authors think I am an arrogant crackpot.
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Arrogant Crackpots R Us.
10:01 AM - 24 Aug 2018
from Albany, CA
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