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Finding a good teacher

To: talk.religion.buddhism,alt.religion.buddhism.tibetan,alt.philosophy.zen,alt.zen
From: "Ned Ludd" 
Subject: Re: Finding a good teacher (was: Ken Wheeler's A...)
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 13:32:11 -0500

Messer Xin  wrote in message
news:01HW.B9251A23000267840AB9B970@news.earthlink.net...

Ned:
> Duty, duty, duty.  No Buddhist on earth would accept 'duty' as
> the definition of dharma.
> But maybe some Buddhists here would?

Xin:
> Depends on how it's manifested. Imposed from without? From
> above? F'tagn! Crystallized from clarified thoughts and
> calmed feelings as the obviously right thing to do? Sounds
> good to me!
> However, the definition of Dharma as duty is a typically
> Hindu thing, as in knowing what behavior one is expected to
> observe with relatives, superiors, and deities --
> especially the last.
>

  Did Buddha change the meanings of all the words?

   Word            Hinduism                  Buddhism
  ------------    -----------------        ------------------

  Dharma          duty                     thing/law/teaching

  Karma           consequences             cause & effect
                    of prior lives

  Nirvana         extinction               freedom from desire/
                                              hatred/ignorance

  Prajna          consciousness            wisdom

  Maya            ignorance/illusion       impermanence/illusion

  Samsara         cycle of birth and       cycle of existences
                     rebirth

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