In this vid I try to show how the first Two marks of Existence are entailed by the necessary first principles of all systems and all possible universes. It's "cold philosophy" but might give some insight to the structure of dharma:) enjoy! Lots of writings on my views on this on www.salted.net
Awesome video thanks. I love how you really got into it as time went by.
BlueBackflip 3 months ago
1 of 2. It is interesting to me how you end up with a very Theravada view when you start with your premise that the tilakhana, the three marks of existence: anicca, anatta and dukkha, are the underpinning of the thought system. However, in the teachings as I know them the tilakhana are only three doorways to Emptiness. So if you take as your premise that Emptiness is the foundation or underpinning, we end up with all dharma/actualities being of the nature of emptiness cont.
empty0grace 4 months ago
2 of 2. All dharmas therefore cannot be separate from each other (one cannot separate emptiness from emptiness). We end up with a reality in which all dharmas completely interpenetrate. We return to the single point universe of only one actual non-dimensional reality. Within it are infinite depths of diversity, every imaginary point of which contains the Whole. It’s fun, even for Buddhist practitioners to play with these things from time to time :-)
empty0grace 4 months ago
@ThePrimordialAtom I have a very buddhist way of looking at existence, although i would not actually categorize myself as a buddhist, but, i know that I always am asking that question...at the same time, I feel that this reality is just the internal structure of nothingness. IE: Every second is the first and the last second simultaneously, for example. This is easy to grasp i think. check out the book "The Quantum and the Lotus" by Matthieu Ricard and Trinh Xuan Thuan.
citizencrack1986 10 months ago
That's why I can never understand the Abrahamic religions. What kind of a god has ego?
OxiDemonik 1 year ago
I first read about Annicca when researching Dr. Leon Wright who learned Buddhist meditation in Burma.
QUINTUSMAXIMUS 1 year ago