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InvisibleNillion
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Re: Agency, Who is the doer? [Re: syncro] * 1
    #28613700 - 01/08/24 06:32 AM (20 days, 37 minutes ago)

I am reminded of the Diamond Sutra.


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InvisibleNillion
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Re: Agency, Who is the doer? [Re: syncro] * 1
    #28613985 - 01/08/24 10:56 AM (19 days, 20 hours ago)

As for translations, some have been better than others, but I don't have my favorite translator memorized. Long ago I had one I liked in book form, but I don't have any copies today.

I ignore every commentary I have read, I have yet to find one I care for. Aren't most commentaries made in the context of lineages? Lineage reminds me of the Rhinoceros Sutra. I like it as much as the Diamond Sutra.

In my ignorance, regarding the Diamond Sutra, I thought there was a literary joke in the work about self not existing and about how if a person explains the work they gain merit, but a person who understands the work knows that there is neither a self to gain the merit nor merit to be had and so none would explain the non-doctrine. The entire thing is as unto a koan in this regard, so it seems. That none who grasps the meaning can speak to it, etc, save indirectly for the comedy of the joke itself. The Sutra itself is quite entertaining in this regard to my simple-minded perspective. The sharp cutting edge of the Diamond in this case being the wit of the one who composed it.

Despite not having found any commentaries I can appreciate so far I am open to the idea of them, what one do you like?


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Re: Agency, Who is the doer? [Re: syncro] * 1
    #28614021 - 01/08/24 11:28 AM (19 days, 19 hours ago)

For me the line could be changed to "long ago in a galaxy far far away" and nothing would be lost or gained.

I suspect that we have different perspectives on the meaning and utility of terms.
I am quite simple minded and the nuances and complexities of the wording in the Sutra surely go over my head.


Edited by Nillion (01/08/24 11:29 AM)


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