[Buddha-l] Re: Emptiness

[Chan Fu]

On 10/23/07, Richard Hayes <rhayes at unm.edu> wrote:
> On Tuesday 23 October 2007 17:43, Dante Rosati wrote:
>
> > "mind" and "body" are both designations. there must be something prior
> > to them that is able to designate both from a position that is
> > neither.
>
> Why?
>
> > so what is it that is prior to all designation?
>
> Prior in what sense? Logically prior or temporally prior? It is not obvious to
> me that anything need be either logically or temporally prior to designation.
> And if something does happen to be prior, it can be that which is
> designated "body" or that which is designated "mind."  There is no reason to
> prefer one over the other.

Well, if you get to "designation", you're already
treading water in the Ganges as far as buddhism
is concerned.