Guest guest Posted April 24, 2001 Report Share Posted April 24, 2001 Dear friends, Please allow me to place an important correction to our website: << question I cannot regard 'progress' as a 'fourth seal' in the way you suggest, because I see progress as the illusory grasping of an imagination that is seeking to have an ongoing position which it does not have. I have no problem with constructing a scheme for evaluating 'becoming' in terms of 'progress', as long as this is seen for what it is: a conceptual exercise, a thought-based activity. answer In our view, the aforegoing is true also for the other three signs of being experienced by Buddhists: impermanence, selflessness and suffering. What Advayavada seeks to teach is that, in addition to this, what we experience as 'progress' is that which follows the otherwise indifferent pattern and direction in which overall existence advances over time. It is therefore that we say that progress (pratipada, patipada) is the fourth sign of being. The Advayavadin experiences pratitya-samutpada, the infinite relatedness and 'indifferent becoming' of existence, as impermanence, selflessness, suffering and progress, and believes that as we advance along the Path our understanding of these shall deepen and finally climax into the fullest realization of the wonders of being. >> Thank you. Kind regards, John Willemsens. .................... Advayavada Buddhism Infocenter - Amsterdam visit: www.euronet.nl/~advaya/sitemap.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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