From: Zhonu-AT-aol.com Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 17:39:30 EST Subject: Re: diamonds in the ruff The usual word in English is alchemy. Each poison lust, anger, envy have an associated pristine awareness associated with it; e.g., penetrating awareness for anger, all accomplishing action for envy. The Vajrayana instead of suppressing or repressing the negative emotions one transmutes them into the associated pristine cognition. The Lama does not tell how, you he shows you. Nietzsche was more fond or less against Buddhism than Christianity. He liked the fact that Buddhism is not theistic, based on self help, and N. says that it is beyond good and evil. But like Christianity it is a nihilistic religion. Nietzsche's longest statement on Buddhism is contained in aphorisms 20 -24 of the Antichrist. In these sections he really does prefer Theravada to any of the Mahayana traditions. His strong emphasis on the ego is a particularly Theravain idea. The object of this tradition is for the individual to become an Arahat and thereby leave the wheel of becoming. In all the Mahayana traditions the object is see that all sentient beings leave the wheel of becoming together, a very non-egoistic idea, truly other oriented. I find the notion that Buddhism is religion of late men, a wonderful insight. Chris --- from list nietzsche-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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