[Gedominew]

The Buddha did not teach that all things are paradoxes or polarities. He spoke of his "Middle Way" that transcended extremes, mostly in the context of transcending black/white thinking fallacies: "Either there is reincarnation or there is not" -- each is a speculative view that the Buddha rendered irrelevant with his own teachings and practices. The Buddha also did not teach that we have an innate "Buddha Nature".

Absoluty true dear stuka,

Even when I agree with what you stated, I just want to add some feedback to it.

As you may know I am Soto Zen practitoner and in our practice we have in high esteem the practice of the middel way with that same meaning: to avoid extreme postures that come through judgemental mind. Sometimes you can find this as "polarities" in the meaning that are those extreme postures.

I am aware that "Buddha Nature" probably was not teached by the Buddha but this term, at least in our case, is used by Soto Zen tradition, thorugh Dogen Zengi, to point to the fact that any kind of person can practice the Buddha teachings, that any kind of person is looking for true happiness in this life, here and now, but maybe in an unwisefull way... stained by that kind of Ignorance that make us run away form what we dislike and to attach what we like.

Also in Soto Zen, Buddha Nature is understood as "Fu" meaning a kind of inner strength or confidence so to the practice of the teachings.

Namaste dear stuka,