I haven't wanted to push this thread too much as this of course is not a
Buddhist list and I try to stay on topic. Also I avoid technical terms
in obscure languages.
Tane Akamatsu wrote:
> Hard to answer. Not being a Buddhist scholar, I don't want to go on any
> kind of official record about this. But my folk-understanding is that we
> are individual souls but simultaneously part of a greater one-ness. This
> is where karma comes in. We build karma in our daily lives because of
> what we do/think/feel toward others. So in this sense there is a highly
> individualistic bent toward the soul and where karma ends up.....
> Any other Buddhists out there who can help me out? I don't think it
> matter which wheel....Maybe I'm thinking along the wrong lines.
> Rachel Heckert wrote:
> > Tane, what's the Mahayana take on this? Is there an "antinomy?"
> > Nate wrote:
> > >Wetsch sees Burke as offering some important insights in avoiding the
> > >individual/ social antinomy.
Martin