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Monthly Archives: December 2016
Faith and enlightenment in Zen
All born things are subject to entropy. Nothing created can ever escape the critical point of its own decay and final dissolution. This axiom is not only valid for all things around you and within your body,but also your ideas, … Continue reading
Posted in Tozen Teaching, Zen
Tagged bodhicitta, Bodhisattva, Buddha Nature, dharmakaya, Mind, Spirit, Tozen, Unborn
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A Guided Tour of Hell: A Graphic Memoir
As described at Shambhala Press: Take a trip through the realms of hell with a man whose temporary visitor’s pass gave him a horrifying—and enlightening—preview of its torments. This true account of Sam Bercholz’s near-death experience has more in common … Continue reading
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Tagged A Guided Tour of Hell: A Graphic Memoir, Buddha of Hell, hell
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Prior to Parinirvāṇa
It is said that Buddhas never actually enter into parinirvāṇa, because they are completely identical to and interfused with the dharmadhātu (of all dharmas; 如來皆入一切法界)(Radich, Immortal Buddha’s and their indestruction). Once interfused with the Dharmadhātu—the Realm of Suchness Itself, what … Continue reading
Dharmakāya-cum-Vajrakāya
These next two blogs will focus on the realization that the Buddha’s true embodiment is the Dharmakaya; and this Dharmakaya is an “adamant body” (vajrakaya) and absolutely incorruptible. The Buddha is completely immortal, and that his immortality is reflected in … Continue reading
Posted in A Docetic Assessment
Tagged dharmakāya-cum-vajrakāya, soteriological-impetus
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Right-Side Conception and Birth
Radich writes that there is a problem of maternity concerning the Buddha’s apparent corporeal birth. The MPNMS (Mahāparinirvāṇa-mahāsūtra) says: At times, I show myself entering into my mother’s womb in Jambudvīpa, and let my father and mother think of me … Continue reading
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Tagged Huron Indian, Immaculate Conception, Queen Māyā, White Elephant, White Lotus
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No Foul-Stench Here
Within Michael Radich’s, The Mahāparinirvāṇa-mahāsūtra and the Emergence of Tathāgatagarbha Doctrine, he makes the case that the Tathāgatagarbha Doctrine can be considered under the lens of a Docetic Buddhology in that the apparent physical appearances of a Tathāgata are inherently deceptive. … Continue reading
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Tagged Docetic Buddhology, King Ravana, Tathāgatagarbha Doctrine
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A Docetic Assessment
Firstly, it needs to be stated that what we have is a true scholarly mansion in the contemporary efforts of the Hamburg Buddhist Studies in once again bringing to the fore the vast significance of the tathāgatagarbha doctrine. Our last … Continue reading