Tuesday, September 26, 2006

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"And why is perfect wisdom beyond thinking? It is because all its points of reference cannot be thought about but can be apprehended. One is the disappearance of the self-conscious person into pure presence. Another is the simple awakening to reality. Another is the knowing of the essenceless essence of all things in the world. And another is the luminous knowledge that knows without a knower. None of these points can sustain ordinary thought because they are not subjects or objects. They can't be imagined or touched or approached in any way by any ordinary mode of consciousness, therefore they are beyond thinking."

The Buddha, in the Prajnaparamita

3 Comments:

Blogger Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D. said...

What is apprehension from the Buddha's standpoint? Good one Dan.

9:05 AM  
Blogger Dan said...

The Buddha has no standpoint. So apprehension from no-standpoint would be no-apprehension. Furthermore, there is no-thing to apprehend. And furthermore yet, the Buddha's standpoint and apprehension is beyond standpoint/no-standpoint or apprehension/no-apprehension. Or beyond beyond/not-beyond. Etc.
Enjoy Thunder Bay!
LOVE!

9:27 AM  
Blogger Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D. said...

Thanks for the explanation Dan. Thunder Bay was wonderful.

6:29 AM  

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