What Do We Mean By The Realization Of Non-Duality?

Last Few Posts:

What Is Buddhism?

What Is The Highest Good?

What Is Spirituality?

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Terms In The Audio:

• Zero: The fundamental teaching of the late Zen master Joshu Sasaki: “As the Buddha taught, zero inevitably splits into mutually opposing activities which inevitably disappear into zero.”

• Reconciling Zero: The investigation of Zero in the pursuit of Effective Zen.

• Effective Zen: The one path on Zen Mountain that gives any one individual the best chance of reaching the peak (realizing non-duality).

• Zen Mountain: The collection of all possible Zen paths.

• Highest Good: That which exists for its own sake (there is nothing greater).

• To Realize (Two Meanings): (1) To understand clearly and (2) To manifest or make real

• Duality (Two Meanings): (1) Two or Twoness, and (2) Separability

• The Most Problematic Duality: That of a self separate from circumstances.

• The Realization of Non-Duality: The understanding and manifestation of a self inseparable from circumstances.

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Buddhism:

Zero-Buddhism - the necessary preconditions for a Manifested Buddhism to arise, namely:

1. A clear picture of the highest good, namely the realization of non-duality.

2. A clear picture of the path to the realization of non-duality.

3. Motivation and an understanding of the obstacles expected along this path.

Manifested-Buddhism - the set of spiritual activities where the highest good is the realization of non-duality.

The Question For Next Week: What Must Every Path to a Realization of Non-Duality Entail?