Beyond true and false
Buddhist philosophy is full of contradictions. Now modern logic is learning why that might be a good
Graham Priest
Well, which is it? Or is asking that entirely missing the point of being enlightened?
But: How could contemplating one’s fate after death ever really be a waste of time? After all, the time we spend from the cradle to the grave is basically a blink of the eye compared to the eternity to come. In particular when it seems entirely reasonable to connect the dots between living as an enlightened human being on this side of the grave and whatever that portends for “I” in eternity.
From my frame of mind time is wasted instead when your thinking about this never goes much beyond what you believe is true “in your head”. Indeed, why not spend considerably more time contemplating ways in which to demonstrate that what the Buddha noted in his sutras is in fact “the case”.
Why? Because to the best of my knowledge no one ever has. So the focus always comes back to the way in which you think about being enlightened. That can be used to bring about the actual benefits of a disciplined mind. A more contemplative and serene outlook on life.
No small thing of course. But that is just not my own “thing” in regard to religion. I’m more intent on grappling with morality and immortality. What in this regard does it mean to live as an enlightened human being.
And here there is either demonstrable arguments or there are not.
Here we go again. Another “general description intellectual contraption” that tells me absolutely nothing about the things that “I” want to “get” about Buddhism. How, in a particular situation involving behaviors chosen here and now in order to impact one’s thinking about there and then, does one encompass these “empty” things?
For example, If those here who do claim to “get” Buddhism properly contemplate the ongoing global clamor over the coronavirus, how does “emptiness” fit in there? How are all things here to be understood as related to everything else? If no “intrinsic” nature then how is the enlightened man or women to interact with others in a context in which this disease does become a full blown global pandemic?