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Thursday, August 18, 2016

The Quantum and the Lotus, Matthieu Ricard, Trinh Xuan R´Thuan, quotes, Each to his own reality

quote: According to the Madhyamaka school, the right way to look at reality
is in terms of interdependence between conscious and unconscious phenomena,
neither of which exists in absolute terms.

quote:..,Khyentse Rinpoche, put it this way:
"When  a reflection appears in a mirror,
you cannot say that it is a part of the mirror, nor that it lies elsewhere.
In the same way, perceptions of exterior phenomena take place
neither in the mind nor outside.
Phenomena are not really existent or non-existent.
So the realization of the ultimate nature of things
lies beyond the concepts of being or nonbeing."

(page 123, chapter: Each to his own reality)

i question the word "things", see page 124:

quote: The literal meaning of samskara,
the Sanskrit word for "things" or "aggregates"
is "event" or "action".

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