Buddhist Basics

 

 

 

Action

 

Result

 

System’s  response

 

 

Guide & Control System representations

 

 
Final state

 

 

 

 

 

Fails to attain goal

 

System’s failure

 

 

Doesn’t attain realness/truth

Creates a false self ≈ an’atta …. or none

 

 

 

Experiences en’darkenment

 

 

Unhappiness or sorrow (dukkha)

 
@ unrest ≈  samsara

 

 

 

 

Doesn’t try

 

System on standby

 

 

‘Waits, virtually unreal

Refuses to create a self ≈ atta

 

 

 

Experiences neither light

nor dark

 

Neither happiness or unhappiness

 
@ rest ≈ nirvana with residue
(No 2)

 

 

 

 

Attains goal

 

System’s success

 

 

Attains realness/truth

Creates a true self ≈ atta

 

 

Experiences enlightenment

 

 

 

Happiness or bliss

(sukkha)

 

@ rest ≈ nirvana

(No 3)

 

 

 

 

 

Not on

 

System shut down

 

 

Actually unreal

No self ≈ no atta

 

 

OFF

 

 

OFF

 

@ absolute rest

≈ pari’nirvana

(No 1)

 

 

 

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