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Far beyond the faux harvest of all the deconstructers you know, Nagarjuna, the greatest after Siddhattha, truly is a man of the left. Nagarjuna is truly a man of the left out. Nagarjuna is truly a man of the left out of account. Yet Nagarjuna is not truly a man of the left. Nagarjuna is not...

The Excluded Middle walks without feet, on no discernable path, and never arrives. Even the Excluded Middle sometimes wonders: what’s the point? [1] The Excluded Middle is nonetheless very joyful and a fine raconteur on both winter and summer evenings. It never gets in the way of a story...

Hi Vajra. I'm sorry you take my honest challenges as a kind of castigation. Certainly, it was unskilful of me to question your credentials, as I have done on several occasions. On the other hand, the vast bulk of what I've been saying in these last several posts treats only of alternate views...

Hi Vajra. Hope all is well with you. It seems to me that here you're involving us in an unnecessary terminological tangle. The definition of Brahman you've taken the trouble to quote here only restates the distinction I've already made pretty clear. In fact, if you have a look at Bhikkhu...

Much appreciated. BTW, I've just had a read through of some of your posts re gnosticism & the early history of Christianity. Excellent & informative stuff. Like you I'm a fan of the Gospel of Thomas and share your perspectives on institutions and on where authentic spiritual experience is to...

Hi again. Here’s to the beneficial effects of a stiff challenge. - Now, in one of our previous discussions you suggested that the ultimate realization of Sanatana dharma is “union with Mahabrahma” (if this is not quite accurate, please set me straight). In other exchanges, you’ve put great...

Hi Satay. I'd like to thank you for this clear summary of Sanatan dharma, both for its contribution to this forum, which could use much more input from Asian traditions, and because it allows me to express my own debt to the tradition. To me the irony of the Indian tradition in general (and...

Hi BB. You were on holiday when I first posted this thread so there's been some timelag. I've only today noticed your response. In between, I've done a little reading on the Zohar and the ten sefirot, etc. The left, right & middle here no doubt refer to Din, Hesed & Tiferet. But the so-called...

I guess you mean casting "aspersions", or was it "dispersing chasms"? But again I went after this galloping memism because of its application in this case, and if my rant spilled over into offending the good name of the theory itself, it was not my intention. Like, memes are cool with me...

Well, howdy back. Yes, I hammered at you fairly hard. And you've hammered back. May it do both of us some good! Again, the application of the word "monotheism" turns on its skilfull use in a given context. You may perhaps agree that it would constitute wrong view to cling too tenaciously to...

Okay, I guess I do want to address several other points. I'm under no obligation to offer a counter-theory. My point was not that we needed better theory, but that in the context of these forums such theory was unnecessary and merely a gambit to advance a sectarian agenda. I understand the...

Hi. One last brief appearance. I quit these precincts some weeks ago, but just discovered your reply here. What I've quoted here is all I'm going to deal with. Certainly, you can call Sanatana Dharma monotheistic if it suits you, but in the interests of understanding these two traditions in...

This is dedicated to Bandit & InLove: I, Devadatta, Sower of Confusion, have said a lot against the doctrine of a personal God in certain discussions on these forums. Here I would like to try, uncharacteristically, to sow non-confusion. Call this a correction notice. It’s easy to fall into...

Hi Brian. (I’m sorry for going on so long in what follows, but somehow it all seemed necessary to say what I felt about the issues you raised. If there’s anything that’s old news, I apologize; I was only trying to provide some helpful background.) Here are my heretical views. Others can pick...

Some skillful teaching, Earl. Cheers.

I understand. But the message I've been gettin repeatedly is that Bin Laden and other terrorists are not properly speaking Muslims at all, since they are not submitting themselves to the will of God, and that Islam as religion is not in question. So I moved our conversation out of sensitivity to...

Thanks very much for passing this along, along with the link. This is quite an interesting historical document, from more than one point of view. One thing I noticed is that the ruling didn't deal with point #3, the status of the U.S. as the sole superpower - and I guess for good reason, since...

[/size][/font] Thanks for the further detail on your beliefs, Nitai. I agree that the fundamentals in the traditions you follow aren't dogmatic. Unfortunately, the tone you take is.:) It's hardly fair or very kind to say that no one here is seriously interested in God, just because others...

Hi Brian. Not an official spokesperson, but the general bio of Krishnamurti is that he was specifically recruited in India by the theosophists (the famous Madame Blavatsky, Colonel Olcott, etc.). The thesophists were instrumental in reviving Buddhism in Sri Lanka, looked to Buddhism as one of...

Hi Thipps. I posted a complete reply to your post in the "Politics & Society" section and in the thread "Where the west is wrong". I thought it made more sense there, in terms of what we've been discussing. Cheers.