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Author: DharmaTrollDharmaTroll Date: Nov 18, 2006 13:13
DT: The Urna is the 31st of the 32 physical marks of the Buddha,
according to the Pali Canon, in the discourse titled "Sutra of the
Marks" (Lakkhana Sutta) in the Digha Nikaya.... Btw, the 32 physical
marks of the Buddha are really bizarre. Some folks take them literally
(as some take literally mental claims of the Buddha having psychic
powers and past lives), but I see them as part of the fascinating
texture of Indian mythology. Some other 'marks' of the Buddha are the
Usnisha or bun of hair on top of his head, flat feet with wheel marks
on the soles, webbed hands and feet with extra long fingers and toes
and long arms that reach down to his knees without bending, 40 teeth
(instead of 32) that are super-white, evenly spaced and have no gaps
between them, a super-long tongue, long earlobes...
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Author: Robert EpsteinRobert Epstein Date: Nov 20, 2006 08:38
I believe he also says in the Diamond Sutra that the Tathagata is not to
be known by the 32 marks, since they don't really exist, or something to
that effect.
Robert
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norbu_tragri@ yahoo.com wrote:
> H. Moe wrote:
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>>DharmaTroll wrote:
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>>>DT: The Urna is the 31st of the 32 physical marks of the Buddha,
>>>according to the Pali Canon, in the discourse titled "Sutra of the
>>>Marks" (Lakkhana...
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Author: proulxproulx Date: Nov 20, 2006 12:57
proulx michel scripsit:
> I believe he also says in the Diamond Sutra that the Tathagata is not to
> be known by the 32 marks, since they don't really exist, or something to
> that effect.
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> Robert
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The Diamond sutra essentially says that we ought not to confuse the map with
the territory. Viz: the 32 marks are not 32 marks, they are *called* the 32
marks. And so on.
IN other words, a computer is not a computer. It is called this in English.
But it is called by other names in other languages, and that doesn't make
it less of a computer. Only that, "computer" is only a name.
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Author: Evelyn RuutEvelyn Ruut Date: Nov 20, 2006 13:26
"proulx" wrote in message
news:456216a4$0$25936$ba4acef3@news.orange.fr...> proulx michel scripsit:
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>> I believe he also says in the Diamond Sutra that the Tathagata is not to
>> be known by the 32 marks, since they don't really exist, or something to
>> that effect.
>>
>> Robert
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> The Diamond sutra essentially says that we ought not to confuse the map
> with
> the territory. Viz: the 32 marks are not 32 marks, they are *called* the
> 32
> marks. And so on.
>
> IN other words, a computer is not a computer. It is called this in
> English. ...
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Date: Nov 20, 2006 15:08
That Guy wrote:
> "Tang Huyen"
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>> But of course such self-combustion is wanted
>> internally, otherwise it would not happen,
>> regardless what happens on the outside.
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> Is it possible that their desire is to avoid self-combustion,
> but through confusion they go in exactly the wrong
> direction, like the horse running into the burning barn?
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Author: Richard CorfieldRichard Corfield Date: Nov 20, 2006 15:15
On 2006-11-20, Evelyn Ruut hvc.rr.com> wrote:>>
>> IN other words, a computer is not a computer. It is called this in
>> English.
>> But it is called by other names in other languages, and that doesn't make
>> it less of a computer. Only that, "computer" is only a name.
>
> Makes sense!
From some comentary I read on the Yoga Sutras
There is the table, the physical thing in front of you
There is what it is to be a table
There is the word table
There is the impression of table in our minds
I think the commentary had only 3 of these things, so wonder if 2 and 4
are the same or 1 and 2 are the same. Will have to dig out the sutras
again.
- Richard
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Author: Evelyn RuutEvelyn Ruut Date: Nov 20, 2006 16:00
"Tang Huyen" gmail.com[remove]> wrote in message
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> possum wrote:
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>> Carry On Tang. this kind of talk is a pretty dead
>> cert to lead to Ev's skirts again, are you sure you
>> want to go there?
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> A place of predilection is individual, Jan.
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> To Ev's credit, by her own admission she has
> practiced some Buddhism of late and has shown
> impressive results. So, brava! Perhaps some people
> can follow her leadership.
>
> Tang Huyen
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Author: Robert EpsteinRobert Epstein Date: Nov 21, 2006 22:36
DharmaTroll wrote:
> DT: Then the Massage Dude thinks he has such psychic powers to make
> ridiculous inferences about someone he's never met, just by reading a
> few posts and than then claiming that My Divine Grace has...
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