On Buddhist Emptiness (Sunyata)

Sunyata

Nāgārjuna's primary contribution to Buddhist philosophy is in the use of the concept of śūnyatā, or "emptiness," which brings together other key Buddhist doctrines, particularly anātman (no-self) and pratītyasamutpāda (dependent origination)

 For Nāgārjuna, as for the Buddha in the early texts, it is not merely sentient beings that are "selfless" or non-substantial; all phenomena are without any svabhāva, literally "own-being" or "self-nature", and thus without any underlying essence. They are empty of being independently existent; thus the heterodox theories of svabhāva circulating at the time were refuted on the basis of the doctrines of early Buddhism. This is so because all things arise always dependently: not by their own power, but by depending on conditions leading to their coming into existence,as opposed to being.

So, empty means empty of inherent existence. Empty of substance. 

Since this is obvious, everything is accident, motion, impermanence.The dharmas are empty like everything else.

Once this is understood, the heart of Buddhist Dharma is clear. 

Multiverse: nothing but nonsense

"For a start, how is the existence of the other universes to be tested? To be sure, all cosmologists accept that there are some regions of the universe that lie beyond the reach of our telescopes, but somewhere on the slippery slope between that and the idea that there are an infinite number of universes, credibility reaches a limit. As one slips down that slope, more and more must be accepted on faith, and less and less is open to scientific verification. Extreme multiverse explanations are therefore reminiscent of theological discussions. Indeed, invoking an infinity of unseen universes to explain the unusual features of the one we do see is just as ad hoc as invoking an unseen Creator. The multiverse theory may be dressed up in scientific language, but in essence it requires the same leap of faith." — Paul Davies, A Brief History of the Multiverse

Fwd: [criticalufology] Alfred Webre against the whole WORLD..!

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Learn about the biggest conspiracy in all times. 

Alfred...are you all right?

How NASA, Media, & "Disclosure" groups coverup Life on Mars, with Alfred Lambremont Webre
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"How to Evaluate the Evidence for Indigenous Martian Intelligent Life," 
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"THE NEWS Live reports the news that the Main Stream News is designed to hide."
THE NEWS Live for Jan. 25, 2013 with Alfred Lambremont Webre  is streamed live every Friday at 6 pm Pacific, 7 pm Mountain, 8 pm Central, 9:00 pm Eastern, 2:00 AM GMT at www.youtube.com/ExopoliticsTV.  Each live broadcast is accessible immediately afterwards on archive at ExopoliticsTV.

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THE UFO=ET Hypothesis.

Let us agree with the most common UFO hypothesis: The ufonauts are here, with us, perhaps from the beginning of historical times or before.  These entities are civilized members of some post-luminic extraterrestrial civilization. They are benevolent.

 

Do we have any evidence that confirms this hypothesis?

No.

Obviously, the New Age rhetoric is totally human, and so are the religious nonsense that the Exopoliticians and exo-cultists prettend us to believe are Alien Messages.

The whole talk about the "source", and the "laws of the Universe" and the future in a nice, mysterious "fifth world" is human-made. Is the product of our own human culture (or perhaps inculture .)

 

The so called contactees and self proclaimed ufological experts give us nothing that proves the existence of these shy, pathetic ETs.

If this is so, then we have two possibilities:

 

The first one is that there are no aliens here, and never were. 

 

The second one is that these aliens are not benevolent at all, and it is possible to show the evidence of this malevolence by omission.

 

IF a benevolent extraterrestrial culture is here, and is benevolent concerning us, why Auschwitz or Bushenwald? Why Hiroshima and Nagasaki ? Why the Genocide of 75 % of the North and South American Indians?

Why they do not help us in any way? Why Slavery and Cruelty and Crime? Why all these Horrors are tolerated by the good, wise, benevolent, superior aliens?

 

Yes, it's true that we are our own murderers but they do not care, and If they don't, they are not benevolent but obviously malevolent by omission.

If we accept the ET hypothesis, the Logical Consequence is that they are (at least) malevolent by omission.

The alternatives : either they exploit us in one or many ways, or they do not exist at all.

 The UFO Phenomenon is an unsolved mystery and soon it will be just the name of a computers game.

 

 

 

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ALFRED WEBRE: CANADA IS A ZIONIST DICTATORSHIP.

Iran's Press TV Takes Canada To Task Over Human Rights (VIDEO) Huffington Post Canada The anchor also hosts Alfred Webre, identified as an international lawyer, who explains why, in his opinion, Canada accuses Iran of abuses while ignoring ... http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/01/20/iran-press-tv-canada-harper_n_2511712.html

Pareidolia: How to post a meme.

Few days ago, Michael Salla, the (sic) Exopolitician, wrote something about US congress discussions about alien bases in the MOON.

The maneuver was the titular between interrogation signs. 

I wrote something about this disinformation tactic before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xgBejq4khtA

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THE FUTURE OF CAPITALISM

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America is approaching the point where the government employee unions are so powerful that even the liberals like Mayor Bloomberg think it's getting out of control. That's the topic of my column this week. Please check it out at the New York Sun (here), Newsmax (here) or Reason (here). And just for fun, here is the particularly nasty union-sponsored YouTube video with the claim that rich people "love their money more than anything in the whole world." The video, mentioned in the column, is on the home page of the New York City school bus drivers union that is scheduled to strike tomorrow. It really has to be seen to be believed.

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Alfred Webre and the Iranian "twist"

If you want to know what will you find here, let's just reproduce two paragraphs of Alfred Webre new ideas about Canada. Looks like Alfred is now an ENDOpolitician, not an exopolitician any more. 

"The Canadian prime minister is virtually a dictator, and Prime Minister Stephen Harper is an out-and-out Zionist and that is why Canada has become a client state of Israel," he said, speaking from Vancouver. "Canada under the Zionist Stephen Harper is now following the same repressive policies within Canada that Israel follows within its own territories against the Palestinian peoples."

He says Vancouver police and the Hells Angels gang brought politicians to Robert Pickton's farm "to have satanic rituals with the aboriginal women and then killing them on film for snuff films." He also references Queen Elizabeth's 1964 visit in which she "and her concert came and took 10 aboriginal children from the aboriginal school in Kamloops B.C. and they were never seen again."

Please, follow link 

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/01/20/iran-press-tv-canada-harper_n_2511712.html

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Alfred Webre calls Canada a Zionist State

Alfred Webre, self defined as an Exopolitician and promoter of the Time Jumper Andrew Bassiago, defines Canada as a Zionist State under the British Crown and Israel. This the new twist in the insane rhetoric of this "expert in extraterrestrial legislation" http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/01/18/canada-iran-press-tv/

UNIDENTIFIED STRUCTURES IN GOBI DESERT

Fwd: Disclosure: About Alien Ideology.

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Subject: Disclosure: About Alien Ideology.
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Important: This information concerning disclosure and contact processes are in fact elements of the same process.
Please be aware that we favor the word aliens instead of extraterrestrials. In due time, the reason of this preference will be obvious.
Aliens Ideology: The visitors will not in any way interfere with the religious beliefs of local civilization. Neither will they do any proselytism.
However they will not deny their convictions regarding conditions required by the advance of any civilization, including Humanity.
For the aliens, the continuity of human evolution requires absolute control of the emotions.
Only if anger, disgust, fear, desire and passion are kept under control of the Mind, and if necessary, deprogrammed, further evolution is possible. This is a conditio sine qua non. There is no alternative way.
Aliens of course, know how to put in practice this deprogramation of the emotional hindrances, but they will not impose this positive cleaning therapy to Humans.
Please, read carefully these messages and understand content and meanings.

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Fwd: Disclosure: Time and Procedures,

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1)The process of disclosure is gradual, progressive and anti-shock, so that it can be said that has already begun.
2)Disclosure is alien-oriented. Governments are not the active element.(this is important.)
Disclosure is something that happens because aliens want and in the way aliens want it done.
(You can share this information.)

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Fwd: Disclosure:How will happen.

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Disclosure will take place in the conditions demanded by the extraterrestrials.
Local and international news will give growing credibility to the presence of the cosmic visitors.
After this, some of them (male and female) will present themselves in the media.
They will look human-like but uniformly dressed in dark blue, without showing insignias of any kind.
Males and females will show the same uniforms, Jackets and pants without distinction as to sex and short hair.
The ETs will answer most of the news but not all.
Extraterrestrials will agree with the idea of working as assessors in sciences and technology but only in governments' institutions but not in the private industry.
Questioned about their real look they will smile and suggest that an appropriate look creates confidence and makes the contact easier. This implies that they are just looking human-like, but their true morphology is very different.
Consequently, people will recognize them and familiarize with their appearances in meetings and lectures.
The ETs will be accepted as observers in the United Nations
The Cosmic Visitors will occupy an island and build a giant terrestrial base as needed for their technological and scientific needs and purposes.
Human visits to that ET base will be very limited and controlled.
This is what reliable sources know until now.

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Fwd: Laura Eisenhower and the Gnostic Supremes.

Amazing meme, am I right?

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Laura Eisenhower, Sophia Phistis Gnostica for Secret Order of the Supreme Guardians of the Universe and   supreme incarnation of the liberating power from the horrors created by the Demiurge, warns that "differences are growing inside the controlled channels of the demiurgic powers, Alfrede Webre, Michael Salla and Andy Basiago(sic)". In a very secret meeting with the visible and invisible Grand Orients of the Supreme Gnosis, held in Morocco, the Proclaimed Sophia Laura said that this year 2013 that began several hours ago, humanity will contemplate and participate in the inevitable cosmic conflict.
Laura. Sophia and Supreme Phistis Alchemist, confirmed the names of the 14 Guardians, Overseers Seven Supremes and Four gatekeepers East. West, North and South.

Ad Gloriam Sophia.

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