tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post6273146541619898155..comments2024-03-28T12:34:14.649-07:00Comments on dangerous idea: Thanksgiving and the BuddhaVictor Repperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-23390571291941507952008-12-01T17:10:00.000-07:002008-12-01T17:10:00.000-07:00"conventional truth" = "not actual truth"Moreover,..."conventional truth" = "not actual truth"<BR/><BR/>Moreover, if there does not exist <I>actual</I> truth, then Brian's question is incapable of conveying meaning. <BR/><BR/>Oddly enough, Brian's question both:<BR/>1) cannot be asked without denying that there exists actual truth; or, at minimum, cannot be asked without denying that we can *know* actual truth<BR/>2) cannot convey any meaning unless there exists actual truth, and we can know actual truth.Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-91681542949199457652008-11-28T11:23:00.000-07:002008-11-28T11:23:00.000-07:00Maybe 'Existence' itself is an arbitrary concept. ...<A HREF="http://www.aboutulverston.co.uk/metaphysics/existence.htm" REL="nofollow">Maybe 'Existence' itself is an arbitrary concept. Maybe 'Existence' is a convenient, conventional truth. </A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-17266848428825668082008-11-28T00:28:00.000-07:002008-11-28T00:28:00.000-07:00To be honest, I think hunger and tiredness are jus...To be honest, I think hunger and tiredness are just withdrawal symptoms of our addictions to food and sleep. Get past those addictions, and then you're free to live.<BR/><BR/>Hope you had a happy thanksgiving, Victor!philip mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03966414858455732474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-79311834883631865382008-11-27T17:13:00.000-07:002008-11-27T17:13:00.000-07:00Didn't ol' Buddha *really* say that suffering is a...Didn't ol' Buddha *really* say that suffering is a function of entertaining the illusion that you actually exist? And, thus, that cessation of suffering follows from ceasing to crave existence?Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-43029885645219942292008-11-27T14:18:00.000-07:002008-11-27T14:18:00.000-07:00But to summarize our dear friend, John Piper. Our...But to summarize our dear friend, John Piper. Our cravings will never cease until we rest solely in God.normajeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06612628618334389249noreply@blogger.com