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To: talk.religion.buddhism From: cng@cgoh.hpl.hp.com (Cheh Goh) Subject: Re: emptiness doctrine Date: 28 Nov 1994 19:09:37 GMT Quoting: >pgilks@ozonline.com.au (Peter Gilks) ˙> There are some who beleive that Nagarjuna composed the Mulamadhyamakakarika ˙> as an attempt to establish a deeper ontology for Buddhists amongst the ˙> apparent diversity of the early Hinayana schools. David Kalipahana says that ˙> Nagarjuna was a Hinayanist. But a reputable Madhyamaka authority told me ˙> that his book was 'loopy' so I didn't read it. ˙Nagarjuna is supposed to have come from the "Naga" realm -- one of the ˙eight classes of beings outside the human realm. He is regarded as a ˙great achiever (Maha Siddha) from that realm and came to the human realm ˙to pass on the teaching as was appropriate at that time. His view is far ˙beyond the view of the Hinayana, and in fact, is argueably beyond the ˙view of the "mind only" Mahayana school. Relatively speaking, not ˙understanding what the Hinayana is about can lead to strange claims ˙such as Nagajuna being a Hinayanian, except possibly it offers a good doctorate thesis in comparative religions :-). ˙By the way, if all sentient beings have Buddha nature, a valid ˙teaching does not have to come from the historical Buddha to be valid. ˙That is where a lot of arguments arose from. Strictly adhering to ˙the words of the historical manifestation of Buddha Sakyamuni does ˙not help our own liberation because we are closing ourselves up, and ˙are not giveing ourselves a chance. ˙-- ˙Cheh
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