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>From: onstott@a.cs.okstate.edu (ONSTOTT CHARLES OR)
Subject: Re: mean,meaner,MEANING-est/ intention-and-self the buddhist way
References: <kr5b29INN4hu@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> <1992Mar06.011801.8699@norton.com>
Message-ID: <1992Mar6.183228.6118@a.cs.okstate.edu>
Organization: Oklahoma State University, Computer Science, Stillwater
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 92 18:32:28 GMT

In article <1992Mar06.011801.8699@norton.com> brian@norton.com (Brian Yoder) writes:
>silber@orfeo.Eng.Sun.COM (Eric Silber) writes:
>
>>  According to the Buddhist tradition of analysis of the self, it is 
>>  the absence of intention which allows the self to be fully present.
>>  Also, the deepest understanding, in the buddhist view, comes when
>>  one is freed from intentionality.
>
>Which undoubtedly explains the vast achievements of Buddhist societies.
>I realize that they claim that you get what you want when you stop going
>after it, but what in the world makes you think that's true?  There is 
>certainly such a thing as "trying too hard", but that doesn't mean that 
>lack of striving is the way to achieve your goals.  It's mystical nonsense.
  Of course your western interpretation of this claim distorts its purpose.
I don't think that Buddhist's meant that you could get what you want if you
quite striving if you assume that material things are the things you can get.
The idea here is to stop searching for the self--in so doing you are
distorting the self. 
eing locked in a western society and receiving primarily westernized 
buddhisim, thanks to D.T. Suzuki et al, we have a difficult time understanding
what this means at all..Sort of like if you went back to Buddha's time and
told him about computers..It's beyond the concept in either case.


>
>Hey, I have an idea.  I'll fill up my machine's memory with NOPs and a JUMP 
>to the top at the end.  That would be the ultimate Buddha-Mind AI program
>with "total enlightenment" right?
  Yeah, right....

BCnya,
  Charles O. Onstott, III

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