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The Middle Way: Faith Grounded in Reason | Dalai Lama

so-so

I read this in conjunction with Nagarjuna because I was hoping it would help me better understand the original philosophy. It didn‘t really do that. I think I got lost in the doctrine and the side of things that people often consider religion. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

GingerAntics I got some new insight into Nagarjuna; I saw him from a different angle than what Garfield presented in my translation of Nagarjuna, but I can‘t say that I really have a greater understanding of the philosophy. #dalailama #themiddleway #philosophy 5y

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GingerAntics

The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika | Nagarjuna

pick

This book is a mental exercise in following an argument. The thoughts contained within this book are deep, but the points are logical as long as you carefully follow along. It makes your brain hurt a little, but not necessarily in a bad way (unless you hate philosophy and then avoid this book like the plague).
#nagarjuna #jaylgarfield #thefundamentalwisdomofthemiddleway #philosophy #mentalworkout

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GingerAntics

The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika | Nagarjuna

Fair point. If ignorance is a constant, there is no hope for ever being anything other than ignorant.
#nagarjuna #jaylgarfield #thefundamentalwisdomofthemiddleway #ignorance #evolution

Graywacke Hmm. Timely 5y

GingerAntics @Graywacke isn‘t it? I really wish more people would give this more thought. Then again, those that really need to give this thought are the ignorant ones and their ignorance extends to their ignorance. They tend to think of themselves as highly intelligent. 5y

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GingerAntics

The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika | Nagarjuna

Two realities: accepted convention and ultimate truth... and now my head hurts.
#nagarjuna #jaylgarfield #thefundamentalwisdomofthemiddleway #reality #truth

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GingerAntics

The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika | Nagarjuna

This always seemed so contradictory to me, but then I actually picked up the nuance in the commentary this time. Everything is real (just the way we experience it in the moment) because we experience it as real, but at the end of the day, in the grand scheme of things, these things mean nothing.
#nagarjuna #JayLGarfield #TheFundamentalWisdomoftheMiddleWay

Texreader Or is the not real in the Platonic sense? 5y

GingerAntics @texreader well, Plato came 600 years before Nagarjuna, so it‘s possible; but he‘s a Buddhist philosopher, so probably not. This is where the East-West split gets fun. lol 5y

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GingerAntics

The Middle Way: Faith Grounded in Reason | Dalai Lama

I think this is true in everything. This is what is missing in modern education and why it is so very broken. The lack of this is why we have such a deficit in compassion. I would love to see more of this.
#DalaiLama #TheMiddleWay #curiosity #education #learning #compassion #humanity

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GingerAntics

The Middle Way: Faith Grounded in Reason | Dalai Lama

I really wish more people would have faith in this way, instead of blind faith that often leads to persecution of those who do not share their faith.
#dalailama #thuptenjinpa #themiddleway

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GingerAntics

The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika | Nagarjuna

I remember, vaguely, reading this (twice) in grad school, but I feel like revisiting it now when I can take more than a week to read it. #nagarjuna #jaylgarfield #thefundamentalwisdomofthemiddleway

MayJasper Feeling intellectually challenged 😕 5y

GingerAntics @MayJasper this makes less sense to me now than when I posted it. I‘ll be reading one of the Dalai Lama‘s teachings on this chapter either tonight or tomorrow morning, so maybe it will make more sense again. lol 5y

MayJasper I do that! A quote seems to make perfect sense in that moment. But somehow I can't recapture the moment of clarity on reflection. I hope it comes back to you. I posted something in FB recently and received a bunch of question marks. Lol 5y

GingerAntics @MayJasper I find that sometimes the clarity comes back stronger and sometimes it ends up meaning something much different to me in the end, after I‘ve read the entire book. Of course, other times it just stays complicated and I wonder what on Earth I was thinking about it. lol 5y

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