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To: MtnClimber
When the Buddha was asked whether there was God or no God, he simply refused to answer, or you could say his answer was slience. This has been mistaken to mean that Buddhist philosophy is atheist ... and that is incorrect.

When Joju was asked if the dog has Buddha nature ... which is a similar question ... he answered 'Mu!!!!!" ... sometimes this is taken to mean 'No', but it really means, "the question is invalid." Like asking 'Does 2 + 2 equal yellow, or green"

This is the nature of the wave particle issue. The question is invalid, "Mu" or silence are more accurate answers, in that they contain no incorrectness, which each of the wave vs particle answers do. It would also be incorrect to say it's both, and equally incorrect to say 'neither.'

The paradox is caused by the question, not the phenomena itself, which is unproblematic.

"Form is Emptiness, Emptiness is Form" is how this was expressed thousands of years ago, though with the caveat that even that is not 'correct', it is merely less incorrect than anything else you can say. (Add to that, Form is Form, Emptiness is Emptiness, No Form, Nor Emptiness and so on.)

I understand that all of that will satisfy no one, but then I'm not asking for credit or to get paid for pointing it out.

8 posted on 02/24/2016 6:14:15 PM PST by tinyowl (A equals A)
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To: tinyowl

Fine! No credit for you!!!


12 posted on 02/24/2016 6:27:03 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: tinyowl
Mu?


30 posted on 02/27/2016 9:04:29 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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