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A saying may be said about being. Beings
can be said to exist naturally. Most are
what could be called, time beings.

Being as a thing, its own self, is said
to emerge from or be produced by nonbeing.

Wu, in other words using a form of Romanization.

Yet, given: Zhuangzi, the book known by his name,
as he articulates various modes and nodes of a
type of a kind of a paradigm which could
pertain to Daojia, he talks about
Being and Nonbeing, Yu and Wu.

A curious word occurs, groot.

Groot said he was groot, except he
always used the word, is and that
is an odd feature of words, imo.

Never was said, I am not groot.

I am groot.
I am Groot.

Explanations point.
Questions mark.
Periods are.

Meanings vary.

- thanks! Cheers!
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From Newsgroup: alt.philosophy.taoism


eye <user8028@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

A saying may be said about being. Beings
can be said to exist naturally. Most are
what could be called, time beings.

Being as a thing, its own self, is said
to emerge from or be produced by nonbeing.

Wu, in other words using a form of Romanization.

Yet, given: Zhuangzi, the book known by his name,
as he articulates various modes and nodes of a
type of a kind of a paradigm which could
pertain to Daojia, he talks about
Being and Nonbeing, Yu and Wu.

A curious word occurs, groot.

Groot said he was groot, except he
always used the word, is and that
is an odd feature of words, imo.

Never was said, I am not groot.

I am groot.
I am Groot.

Explanations point.
Questions mark.
Periods are.

Meanings vary.

- thanks! Cheers!

========================================
The Daoist concept of "wu" (non-being) is close to what Buddhism refutes as the "view of non-existence" or "annihilationism."
If one clings to "wu" as truly existent or as an ultimate, fundamental source, this becomes a form ofdharma-grasping (attachment to concepts as real).

As the Buddha stated in theMah-Uparinirv-Ub|ca S+2tra:
rCLBetter to entertain a view of existence as massive as Mount Sumeru than to hold a view of non-existence as tiny as a mustard seed,rCY
for those who cling to "non-existence" easily fall into nihilism, severing their virtuous roots and destroying the principle of cause and effect (karma).



Buddhism employs "emptiness" (+c+2nyat-U) to transcend the dualistic extremes of "existence" and "non-existence."
Emptiness is not "nihilism" or "nothingness"; rather, it signifies that all phenomena arise dependentlyrColacking inherent, independent, or unchanging essence.

As stated in N-Ug-UrjunarCOsM+2lamadhyamakak-Urik-U (Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way):
rCLWhatever arises dependently,
I declare that to be emptiness.
It is also a provisional designation,
And indeed, the meaning of the Middle Way.rCY
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eye <user8028@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

A saying may be said about being. Beings
can be said to exist naturally. Most are
what could be called, time beings.

Being as a thing, its own self, is said
to emerge from or be produced by nonbeing.

Wu, in other words using a form of Romanization.

Yet, given: Zhuangzi, the book known by his name,
as he articulates various modes and nodes of a
type of a kind of a paradigm which could
pertain to Daojia, he talks about
Being and Nonbeing, Yu and Wu.

A curious word occurs, groot.

Groot said he was groot, except he
always used the word, is and that
is an odd feature of words, imo.

Never was said, I am not groot.

I am groot.
I am Groot.

Explanations point.
Questions mark.
Periods are.

Meanings vary.

- thanks! Cheers!

=========================================
To break through "non-being" is to enter the "Middle Way".

"When you meet the Buddha, kill the Buddha; when you meet the patriarch, kill the patriarch... only then do you attain liberation."

"All dharmas are unobtainable, and all conceptual elaborations are extinguished."

The mind abides nowhere, like a lotus flower unsullied by water.

"How can one seek fruit from a sky-flower? How can one search for fish in a mirage?"

"Grasping the meaning and forgetting the words" and "verbal expressions are merely provisional names; transcend words to realize truth."

The Vimalakirti Sutra: "The Dharma is beyond all contemplation and practice; it is only inconceivable!"

The Diamond Sutra: "One should give rise to the mind that abides nowhere."

The Diamond Sutra: "The Dharma spoken by the TathagataN+ebuddhaN+e cannot be grasped, cannot be spoken, is neither Dharma nor non-Dharma."

Since all dharmas are empty, how can there be extremes or non-extremes, both extremes and non-extremes, neither extremes nor non-extremes?
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eye <user8028@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

A saying may be said about being. Beings
can be said to exist naturally. Most are
what could be called, time beings.

Being as a thing, its own self, is said
to emerge from or be produced by nonbeing.

Wu, in other words using a form of Romanization.

Yet, given: Zhuangzi, the book known by his name,
as he articulates various modes and nodes of a
type of a kind of a paradigm which could
pertain to Daojia, he talks about
Being and Nonbeing, Yu and Wu.

A curious word occurs, groot.

Groot said he was groot, except he
always used the word, is and that
is an odd feature of words, imo.

Never was said, I am not groot.

I am groot.
I am Groot.

Explanations point.
Questions mark.
Periods are.

Meanings vary.

- thanks! Cheers!

=========================================
True existence needs no explanationrCoit simply is.

Philosophy seeks to explain (yet remains merely a finger pointing);
Doubt keeps openness (yet is still a symbol);
Only the periodrColike ZhuangzirCOs rCLsitting in forgetfulnessrCY zuowang) or Chan BuddhismrCOs rCLsilent illuminationrCY mozhao)rCo
establishes no words, and is enlightenment here and now.
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