[Buddha-l] MMK 25.09

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

Op 29-4-2010 20:49, Dan Lusthaus schreef:
> na ca apravṛtti-mātraṁ bhāvo'bhāvo veti parikalpitu pāryata iti | evaṁ na
> bhāvo nābhāvo nirvāṇam ||
>
> Sprung translates:
> "However, what is nothing more than a ceasing to function cannot be
> conceived of as either ontically existent nor ontically non-existent. Thus
> nirvana is neither ontically existent nor ontically non-existent." (p.255)
>
> "Ontically existent" and "ontically non-existent" are bhāva and ābhāva,
> respectively. Nirvana is not a bhāva, a non-bhāva, a sva-bhāva, para-bhāva,
> etc.
>
>    
Heideggerian terms like 'ontical' seem to introduce an unwarranted 
philosophical bias. This used to be Herbert Guenter's favourite sport 
and made his books virtually unreadable. Why not just change 'ontical 
existence' into 'existing as a thing'. To think of it, if Heidegger 
would have been English he would undoubtedly have invented the word 
'exis-thing'.

erik