extremes¶
8 extremes¶
- arising
- ceasing
- being non-existent
- being permanent
- coming
- going
- being multiple
- being single
8 no’s of the middle way¶
- no birth
- no death
- no permanence
- no dissolution
- no coming
- no going
- no one
- no many
8 opposites¶
- impermanence
- non-self
- Interdependent Co-Arising
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emptiness
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arising
- ceasing
- being non-existent
- being permanent
- coming
- going
- being multiple
- being single
8 concepts¶
In Buddhism we talk about the Eight Concepts:
- birth
- death
- permanence
- dissolution
- coming
- going
- one
- and many
The practice to end attachment to these eight ideas is called the Eight No’s of the Middle Way
- no birth
- no death
- no permanence
- no dissolution
- no coming
- no going
- no one
- no many
In the thirteenth century in Vietnam, someone asked Master Tue Trung a question following a Dharma talk, and he replied, “Having offered complete release from the Eight Concepts, what further explanation could I possibly give?”
Once these eight ideas have been destroyed, we touch nirvana.
Nirvana is release from the Eight Concepts, and also from their opposites
- impermanence
- nonself
- Interdependent Co-Arising
- emptiness
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Excerpt From The Heart Of The Buddha’s Teaching Hanh, Thich Nhat