Sunday, April 12, 2009

Quick Add On To Previous Post

Definitions! By request I am defining two terms in which I mention, but never actually specify what they are... Sorry. Be it these are in my own words, if you want the technical jargon feel free to look them up, I just felt they'd be better explained/understood in this way.

Middle Way- Gotama's (Buddha) idea of accepting things EXACTLY how they are, nothing more, nothing less. Buddha finds that people suffer much frustration, and it is due to our constant desire (wanting things, both material, and not). So the middle way is leading life to not desire, but not to desire the not desiring to the point in which THAT desire becomes a frustration. To lead a completely middle way life you must accept things exactly as they are, no questions asked, no desires needed, and you will be at peace. 

Nirvana- In Buddhist ideals you'll find that reaching Nirvana as coming to a state of COMPLETE middle-wayedness. You'd then end your rebirthing cycle. Nirvana is often associated with the ENDING of something, hence the ending of the rebirthing, or sometimes thought of as the ending of suffering. But the definition I am using for my own personal thoughts would be "a blissful state attainted by...", however I use the quotations, because the end of that thought is "the realization of no-self" and in my theory it would end with "realization of who's one self (soul/spirit) truly is". So I can not use the word Nirvana, because true meaning of the word defeats my ideations entirely, so I need to find a new word, but am using this word as a make shift for now. 

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