NAGARJUNA: The Man Who Saved BUDDHISM Without Defending It

[Rani Madhavapeddi]

GM,
This video is a concise description of what and how the middle way evolved.
As one Budhist scholar said to me Shankaracharya who was a scholar in Advaita is a pseudo Budhist.
One talked from fullness- timeless ISNESS when the ego dissolves- all arises from ONE.
The other emptiness no self everything is from the mind all intertwined, Past and future are constructs of the mind. Now is all there is.
To me both pointing to the 2 sides of the same coin or yin / yang.
Love peace and joy
Video on madhyamikakarika- middle way
https://youtu.be/GkJ15i-LRpQ?si=xg7Q8BExYKh4xKan

Rani Madhavapeddi Patel

[Paul Rezendes]

Rani,

Thanks so much for sending this video in. I was profoundly moved by it. I found myself emotionally connected with it.

Thanks again,

Paul

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[Dan Kilpatrick]

Rani,

I watched the whole thing and found it quite interesting. A negating of definitive positions and the solidity of language, while at the same time clarifying. It feels open, alive right now. I remember Adyashanti saying, if I remember correctly, that he woke up out of Buddhism (framework).

Thanks, -Dan

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[Rani Madhavapeddi]

Paul,

I thought you would like it. Vedanta dissected and said you as a person are all these parts, but they are not YOU, identity with them creates the maya illusion that you and everything exists, the problem is the identification. Nagarjuna brought up with this philosophy used the very same logic and said if there is no self, nothing that we conceptualize exists. So emptiness. You can say how the 2 cannot be separated. 

Love, Peace and Joy ! 

Rani

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[Rani Madhavapeddi]

Dan,

no position is open to all positions. 

Love, Peace and joy

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[Dan Kilpatrick]

Thanks Rani. Yes. Of course, having no position can easily become its own position. So it seems to me all positions are free to arise and express themselves without needing to be held onto.   -Dan

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[Rani Madhavapeddi]

Dan,

I agree it is the attachment to anything, anyone, any concept, anything that arises from the mind. 

💜☮️🤩💐

Rani Madhavapeddi Patel

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