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From: sandvik@sgi.com (Kent Sandvik)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.buddhism.tibetan,alt.zen,alt.philosophy.zen,alt.magick.tyagi,alt.religion.buddhism,talk.religion.buddhism
Subject: Re: is a bodhisattva possible?
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 10:22:27 -0800
In article <3208190d.23169255@news.infoserve.net>,
duhh@unix.infoserve.net (dar westlake) wrote:
>See part of what i find funny about this is that tantric practioners
>say all this stuff is self-existing and just comes up out of the void,
>while at the same time they are immersed in an environment thats just
>soaking with suggestion and imagery. "the fish dont see the water it
>swims in".
This is an odd observation, imho. You could have two people placed in the
exact same environment, and their observations could be miles different.
Let's say we place them in this mythological place full of cows and the
stuff that comes out from cows. One might find this extremely disgusting,
and would just love to get out from the stinking environment. The other one
would not even notice the smell, and look at the beauty of the biological
animal of the cow that produces milk. So how could the exact same
environment produce different thoughts? This is where the concept of
projection comes into the picture -- what we experience is generated by us
ourselves. This is the first understanding you need in order to know what a
tantric practice implies.
Cheers, Kent
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