Old Buddhism
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Middle Buddhism
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New Buddhism
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Everyday
distress relief
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Universal,
metaphysical distress relief
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Everyday mental health procedures
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Transience
and dependency are the cause of distress
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Relativity
(i.e. emptiness of abiding essence) is the cause of distress
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Incompletion,
i.e. failure to non attain, hence non-fulfilment, triggers distress
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The Sakyamuni
is an actual person offering practical distress relief
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Buddha
functions as universal salvation function
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The
Sakyamuni (i.e. the founder or inventor) as Leitbild, i.e. icon,
hence
irrelevant
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The issue of the atta ≈ self ≈ essence is irrelevant,
hence unprofitable
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The not-self, i.e. the lack or emptiness of inherent substance or
essence, issue is crucial
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The
(true) self, that is to say, self-realization is crucial
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The everyday
relative
is treated as
(locally)
absolute
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The everyday
relative is treated as relative, hence as ‘empty’
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The
relative is made (locally) absolute
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Permanence and freedom
cause positive stress (i.e. joy)
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Realising
abiding essence causes positive stress (i.e. joy)
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Attainment
(i.e. success that fulfils) causes positive stress (i.e. joy)
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