[Buddha-l] Non-Arising

[Dan Lusthaus]

Dee wrote:

> So the notion of certainty might seem really important in this context, as 
> it would be certainty that leads to the path of seeing, as in, finally 
> having an unmediated percetion of how things are.

Quite right. One has to excuse Alex for wanting to fit the characterization 
of a devotee I offered previously:

Quote:
(A devotee will simply reiterate endlessly whatever his "main"
teacher told him, and try to make all alternate and opposing uses "fit" the
meaning he prefers, or consider the text(s) deploying it in those other ways
someone less significant.)
End Quote

As for

> I get the distinct impression that no-one who contributes to this list has 
> any beleif in transcendence and probably no time for unmediated 
> experience, which is a shame because the whole point of a personal path 
> has been discredited at this point.

Oh? Depends what you think "unmediated experience" means. Buddhism promises 
direct access, but not to the Transcendent. That's across the hall, in the 
Hindu room...

Tathata is everything just as it is. Zen mind is everyday mind.

Unmediately yours,
Dan