[Buddha-l] Fsat Mnifdlunses?

Dan Lusthaus vasubandhu at earthlink.net
Wed Aug 12 08:26:18 MDT 2009


>> Recognizing that karma arises from ignorance, and ignorance is
>> mental makes one a Yogacara.
>
> Not quite. Recognizing that karma arises from ignorance and ignorance
> is mental is what makes one a Buddhist. Or a Hindu. Or a Jaina. Or a
> Stoic. Or a human being.
>
> Richard

And a Yogacara... or do you think they occupied some whacko land out of 
kilter with the rest of India? They contribute some special details about 
karma, ignorance and the mental, but the program is the same. Just as 
Nagarjuna pointed out that svabhavic thinking is lurking where you least 
suspect it, Yogacara pointed out that cognitive projection is at play where 
you least expect it.

vijnapti-matra = narcissism (not idealism).

Dan 



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