Interdependent Origination.

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Subject: Interdependent Origination.

ogdenz 17.06.15 - 10:42pm

@ saraahmed - 17.06.15 - 08:49pm
Ok i thought the teachings of budism didnt quite fit with the fat guy, so hes not real then?

The laughing Buddha is a fictionalised image. The character is part of folk lore which has its roots in a real ch'an monk The pot belly symbolises contentment. * +

dgsn 1.07.15 - 05:18am

@ ogdenz - 23.05.15 - 10:17pm
If you had a box with no lid or top..you label it ''Box''. However if the sides of the box were to get lower everyday then when exactly does it stop being a box and deservedly receive the label ''Tray?''.

Take the lid off a box it is no longer a box but a container. If the sides are not big enough to actually contain anything then I imagine it becomes a tray. The threshold ends when whatever you are trying to contain can not be contained. * +

ogdenz 1.07.15 - 03:06pm
Depends on how the mind labels it. Container,box with no lid. I see your point though. Still it goes to emphasise everything is just labeled by mind. * +

dgsn 2.07.15 - 03:13am
The mind is the only thing that has named itself * +

ogdenz 2.07.15 - 11:44am
True enough. Mind has named everything. *

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