--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jun 1, 2007, at 10:13 AM, new.morning wrote: > > > There are several loosely connected themes in this thread, including > > the above -- and other related posts in the past, revolving around > > the issues, questions and insights about: > > > > How do we know what is true / valid / predictable? > > What is "truth" (and is this even a meaningful and useful concept)? > > How do we know anything? > > What is valid "knowdge? > > What is the relation of beliefs to knowledge, truth and the way one > > perceives the world and "universe"? > > What if any are the limits of knowledge? > > What is right or ethical action? > > What is a valid foundation for ethics? > > According to Buddhist metaphysics, one would need a high degree of > awakening in order to know the truth, i.e. exemplify the dharmakaya, > the body of truth. This would mean one would need to be established > in unimpeded omniscience and have resolved emotional and mental > obscurations completely. > > These questions are exhaustively detailed in madhyamika.
Thanks. But is there a Cliff Notes version? Which makes me think there should be a first law of philosophy: A measure of the profoundness of an insight is the degree of its explantion's conciseness.
