Like Rainbow, Like Space
Thusness:
Christian, I see all phenomena like rainbow, they appear but are empty. Neither exist nor not exist, they are free from extremes.
As for the word “exist”, I reserve it for “svabhāva”. To exist is to possess essence or substance. Essence means phenomenon possessing characteristic or not brought about by causal process or capable of standing by itself. Substance means irreducible constituents of reality can be found.
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Yes Christian, I understand. Whether it is expressed as “exist conventionally but ultimately empty” or “appear but r empty” is simply a matter of flavour.
What is important is the taste of seeing conventional things as empty till one’s entire body-mind is pervaded with emptiness - like space, free and unobstructed.
Christian, I see all phenomena like rainbow, they appear but are empty. Neither exist nor not exist, they are free from extremes.
As for the word “exist”, I reserve it for “svabhāva”. To exist is to possess essence or substance. Essence means phenomenon possessing characteristic or not brought about by causal process or capable of standing by itself. Substance means irreducible constituents of reality can be found.
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Yes Christian, I understand. Whether it is expressed as “exist conventionally but ultimately empty” or “appear but r empty” is simply a matter of flavour.
What is important is the taste of seeing conventional things as empty till one’s entire body-mind is pervaded with emptiness - like space, free and unobstructed.
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