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To: talk.religion.buddhism,alt.zen,alt.philosophy.zen,alt.meditation From: us022432@interramp.com Subject: Re: Zen Center Ethical Guidelines Available Date: Sat, 03 Feb 96 18:10:37 PDT In article <4f087a$2an@sundog.tiac.net>,writes: > I'm kind of coming to the conclusion that the idea of Nibbana isn't > all that usefull to someone who doesn't believe in the neverending > cycles of an eternal atoministic self. Since I picture myself as > sort of dissolving upon death anyway, I kind of have trouble > identifying with being released from personal reincarnation. > > I was sort of poking at Mibbana looking for a relationship to > compassion, but there doesn't really seem to be one. I don't > need Nibbana for compassion anyway -- that follows from paticca > samuppada. My own understanding of Nibbana stops short of "my" consciousness being reborn as well. I have heard Nibbana defined as the dissolution (or similar word) of ill-will, greed and delusion. This kind of unsophisticated definition is one I can work with; Nibbana becomes a work in progress -- and one which may perhaps be more completed by some than others. Jack Carroll
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