PHIL 2P13 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Satori, Noble Eightfold Path, Substance Theory
19 Mar 2018
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No matter what we do, we get no satisfaction. Being enlightened is a systematic process of knowing yourself to dismantle yourself. Realize what you are in that you are not. Eightfold path isn"t right cuz buddha approves but because it leads to enlightenment. Nirvana is losing distorted thoughts in our mind and seeing things as they are without conceptual fillers. Everything is empty of its own being. They are not real or substantial either. Everything is impermanent means everything is causally conditioned. Wherever there is form there is emptiness and form is itself emptiness. In the absence of false ideas one does not experience fear and suffering and can achieve nirvana. Zen teaching outside of word and beyond language, it is direct pointing to reality. Gain perspective of what you are doing, why you are doing it and what you hope to achieve by doing it. Logic won"t help us see things as they are.
