Guest guest Posted July 12, 2003 Report Share Posted July 12, 2003 Hi all, I have some experience of Buddhism and some Dvaita Hinduism but am new to Advaita so here is a newbie Q. In the book 'The Teachers of One - Living Advaita' by Paula Marvelly, the author mentions (p198) that quite a few people in Advaita have come from Buddhism, and it is suggested that this could be because 'there is a lot of dogma' in Buddhism. Does anyone know what kind of thing in Buddhism is referred to here as dogma? Maybe there are some ex-Buddhists on this list who can answer but if not I ask what do people on this list personally think is dogma in Buddhism, or without giving personal opinions, what is generally said about this by Advaitins. Thanx Charles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2003 Report Share Posted July 12, 2003 Go visit the : Sanga and Dhamma-List Read their posts for a while. Then go visit the Abhidhamma Group. You can then answer the question yourself. The primary area on which many will agree, and which will take the mystery out of the teachings which create so much "dogmatic" discussion is simply... "The map is not the territory." When that is understood and grasped fully the places where Buddhism, Advaita, Taoism, etc. agree become much more profound. Every "ism" has its jargon and most of the dogma is about protecting the jargon specific to that group. Actually a discussion of dogma is mostly an intellectual exercise which may keep us from direct experience. Dogma is about making maps without real reliance on territories, and in fact, detracts from explorations of the territory. Papaji says, over and over again, "Do it for just one second. That's enough." I think he would say that everything else is words and dogma. A bit of humor which is a favorite of mine .... "I apologize, my karma just ran over your dogma!" lotusaware advaitin, "charles_the_bald" <charles_the_bald@h...> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have some experience of Buddhism and some Dvaita Hinduism but am > new to Advaita so here is a newbie Q. In the book 'The Teachers of > One - Living Advaita' by Paula Marvelly, the author mentions (p198) > that quite a few people in Advaita have come from Buddhism, and it > is suggested that this could be because 'there is a lot of dogma' in > Buddhism. Does anyone know what kind of thing in Buddhism is > referred to here as dogma? Maybe there are some ex-Buddhists on this > list who can answer but if not I ask what do people on this list > personally think is dogma in Buddhism, or without giving personal > opinions, what is generally said about this by Advaitins. > > Thanx > > Charles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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