File spoon-archives/nietzsche.archive/nietzsche_2000/nietzsche.0002, message 75


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


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