| | It is pretty cryptic, reason being this a product of notes to about 100 posts in several threads notably 'Family Resemblances and Models of Enlightenment' and is a continuation of my comments and questions in 'Classical Enlightenment via Expert Systems' where I was concerned about heading too far off topic. Three main concerns: 1. Meet the intentions of the forum. 2. The elephant in the room, the traditional but real and serious concerns. And 3. A real shared interest in dharma unalloyed by opportunistic accretions of all kinds. Clear, consistent and efficacious in the presentation, the reception, the practice and the realization of the goal.
By the time notes were bullet points it was still long, at 2000 words barely enough to remind me what it means. Besides mutual goals might best be mutually define to foster a group effort from the largest expert group. As an example of anchoring themes, both traditional and contemporary forms somewhat reinterpret right view but points of reference have to remain somewhat consistent to preserve the integrity of the whole structure from beginning to end. Like a constant in math or physics, right view always runs through everything while presenting, learning, practicing and realizing dharma while all along working through the experience of conditions which are impermanent flux.
I attempted to find the real objectives of these engagements and distill these within a more cooperative and collaborative process where all could contribute to and validate - a core conception of the method of teaching and learning in harmony with the type of core meditation practices to follow (which are the central focus of the site) and also in harmony with the presentation of degrees of and of final realization. I think strong traditional forms meet many of these criteria and others which might also together inform new forms which can be both faithful to the old and will be skillful forms in our times. |