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**mr.nemo** · 05-08-2011, 02:53 PM

All: I'm confused.

In the Buddha's teachings, nothing is anywhere near as complicated as you describe. He described those superstitions and speculative views that preceded him, and which he saw as being conducive (through the effects of the asavas) to moral conduct, as being "right view that is affected by the taints (asavas). His own teachings, based in discernment and consisting of the 4NT/8FP, IDP/PS, the 3 Characteristics, anatta, sunnata, the 37 factors of Awakening, etc, he called Noble (ariyo) and described as being lokuttara), beyond "the world", meaning beyond worldly concerns. He didn't encumber his teachings with epistemology or ontology or metaphysical speculations.

05-08-2011, 02:53 PM	#29
mr.nemo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 446 Senior Member	All: I'm confused. In the Buddha's teachings, nothing is anywhere near as complicated as you describe. He described those superstitions and speculative views that preceded him, and which he saw as being conducive (through the effects of the asavas) to moral conduct, as being "right view that is affected by the taints (asavas). His own teachings, based in discernment and consisting of the 4NT/8FP, IDP/PS, the 3 Characteristics, anatta, sunnata, the 37 factors of Awakening, etc, he called Noble (ariyo) and described as being lokuttara), beyond "the world", meaning beyond worldly concerns. He didn't encumber his teachings with epistemology or ontology or metaphysical speculations.
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