tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501525.post8508697836922364442..comments2023-07-07T23:45:10.170+12:00Comments on Pointless and absurd: Nihilism for beginnersDavid Cauchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18128116971441583803noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501525.post-56249256086498236942008-08-12T23:33:00.000+12:002008-08-12T23:33:00.000+12:00That is an excellent quote!That is an excellent quote!David Cauchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18128116971441583803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501525.post-89217148498780798262008-08-12T15:42:00.000+12:002008-08-12T15:42:00.000+12:00Some nice Buddhist text I found on the interweb: W...Some nice Buddhist text I found on the interweb: <BR/><BR/>We must first directly comprehend the spiritual reason of things, and then let us with this insight look upon things that are about us. It would be madness to deny the reality of the phenomenal world, but in the midst of these realities the enlightened see their non-reality. There towers a huge mountain, here lies a boundless ocean, birds are singing, trees are growing, and I sit here looking over the verdant meadow; yet, in spite of all these, nay, indeed by reason of these, I believe in the nothingness of existence, in the non-reality of realities, and in the absolute oneness of all things; and it is thereby that I gain my peace of mind and realize the sense of perfect freedom in my everyday life.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11958466182204788248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501525.post-49280702534150104052008-08-12T14:58:00.000+12:002008-08-12T14:58:00.000+12:00A very simple analogy of this is, I think, the one...A very simple analogy of this is, I think, the one of the blind men and the elephant. Old Sufi story.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11958466182204788248noreply@blogger.com