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The liberating insights:
“All that is
subject to arising is subject to cessation.”
And
“A thing arises because of conditions; it ceases when the
conditions for its arising cease!”
more …
The cause of dukkha: (personal) craving for that which is transient
(i.e. anicca) and one does not own (i.e. anatta = that which is not one’s
abiding/inherent essence because an after-affect of transient conditions).
Ending dukkha (= nirvana
= @rest) via the reduction, then complete elimination of craving.
more …
Dukkha is inherent in
existence. There is no escape save via the elimination of (craving for)
existence (in nirvana); no gods and/or worship required.
Existence is
fundamentally the ‘killer’ = mara.
Gautama claimed the
existent to be an’atta, though he failed to define atta.
Gautama’s (i.e. the
ascetic dropout’s) position was selective and extreme, indeed
existence/life (= samsara or mata) denying. His closed response access is
fundamentally everyday user (i.e. life) unfriendly, (later) moralistic.
‘Gone forth into homelessness’ (i.e. detachment)
is ‘The Holy & Noble Way’.
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The liberating insights:
‘All living entities function as
transmission devices.’
And
‘Only random events carry instruction’
The cause of dukkha:
(personal) failure to
perform @ best.
Ending dukkha (= nirvana
= on standby): restoration or attainment of @best performance.
Dukkha and sukkha (i.e. pleasantness)
are personal responses to the vagaries existence; no gods or worship
required.
Nirvana
= non-response (i.e. ‘on standby’ or ‘waiting’).
Existence, though it
ends, can both kill (i.e. be ‘evil’) and give life (i.e. be ‘good’).
Maitreya does not define
atta (i.e. inherent essence). He claims that the fact of an’atta is
irrelevant with regard to the response performance vis à vis life and which
generates either dukkha or sukkha.
Maitreya’s position
non-selective, universally open, indeed the Middle
Way. It
is neutral with regard to the pros and cons of existence/life. Dukkha is
eliminated (pro rata or completely) via @best personal response to life.
His open response access is fundamentally everyday user (life) friendly,
non-moralistic.
@ best performance (i.e.
response) is the ‘The Holy & Noble Way’. This includes Gautama’s
mode as special case.
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