Comments on: Introduction to Yogacara Hosso Buddhist philosophy

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:22:44 +0000

Wow, it’s interesting to see the convergence. I’d be curious to know more about the study you did in college too.

By: Kendall

Kendall — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:38:26 +0000

This follows along with perceptual psychology. As an example, our eyes have blind spots where there are no sensors to pick up light because it’s where the signals leave the eye. Even with those blind spots, we don’t see black spots as we view the world. Our mind fills in those blind spots on their own. If they didn’t it would actually be very distracting. Our mind fills in other gaps from our senses too and because we sense it, we feel it’s absolute, but it’s not always the case. You can also see good examples by analyzing witness statements from a crime. Everyone is always so confident in what they believe they saw, but the statements can differ by a lot. I ran a study in college on witness accounts and the results were kind of funny.

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:32:11 +0000

Yeah, it’s nice to see a smaller sect like this still going strong, and adding to the general scholarship of Japanese Buddhism, especially in English. Lord knows we could use more of it.

By: Kyoushin

Kyoushin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:26:47 +0000

Thanks for this Doug – very helpful. I’ll be interested to hear if Rev. Shunnei gives an equally lucid explanation of the Three Natures (Tri-svabhava). Gassho, K