Yes indeed...Homo Automatonica!: http://www.ectomo.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/automaton.jpg
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" <emptybill@...> wrote: > > > It's true Willy Â… you have no free will. You're just so > right ... you are just the effect of past causes. Whatever happens just > happensÂ… there is no owner. > > There is nothing that makes you what you are. > > Dzogchen Samantabhadra Buddha (not the Mahayana bodhisattva) in only > taught in Dzogchen. He is the stand-in for rigpa or originary > knowingness. He has free will to determine his manifestations. > > He is described as trans-cosmic and is the Dzogehen symbol for the > natural freedom that is inherent in individual human awareness. > > Except for you Willy. You're an automaton. > > ************************************************** > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" <willytex@> wrote: > > > Vaj: > > > Question: Do sentient beings have free will? > > > > > > HHDL: According to Buddhism, individuals are > > > masters of their own destiny. And all living > > > beings are believed to possess the nature of > > > the Primordial Buddha Samantabhadra... > > > > > So, is the 'Samantabhadra' Buddha absolute, or > > just a figment of Mahayana imagination? It's > > either 'rongtong' or 'shintong' says Bill, but > > in fact the historical Buddha said nothing about > > any celestial Buddha's having any 'free will'. > > > > Shakya the Muni taught Causation - everything > > happens for a reason - there are no chance > > events. All events are caused, none are the > > result of an absolute factor called 'will'. > > > > If people had the power of the 'will' they could > > cause change at will, but we know from our own > > experience that people cannot change base metals > > into gold, no matter how hard they try, right? > > >
