Just a note

The most important point in Buddhism is what is usually referred to as the “Four noble truths”. More correctly I believe would be “the four principles of Buddhism”. (The word “satya” translated as “truth” would better reflect a principle in the relevant context. It is not a perfect translation but it seems to be the best choice of an English word to bring the original intention as closely to the essence and meaning existing in the original Sanskrit as possible.)

The issue of translation I referred to is just btw. - The point is this, or the four world views Nishijima noticed continually appearing in the writing and preaching of Master Dogen, - form the most important point in Buddhism. It of course does not mean that the study of it or the familiarity with it are more important than the practice of Zazen, - Buddhist meditation, - but in the conceptual sphere relating to the structure of the presentation of things within Buddhism or the Buddhist sphere-or-realm, - this is the place to begin - and this is the point first in its importance. I related to this point in the second post here at-the-blog - Our Mind - Second Post.

The second point in importance is that of the middle way. - Interestingly it seems to correlate in a way with what is known in probability theory as the normal distribution, but again is mentioned here just btw. - I did not write a post about that yet but two posts are related: - Posting as Practice and The Eightfold Path according to Steiner.

There is no third point.

I mean there are of course lots of other things existing within the Buddhist field, - but there is no other particular point or issue to be regarded or classed as #3 - essentially and necessarily - within the Buddhist teaching or presentation of reality and path.

There are these two points which would essentially be in place as the two leading ones, - those which would have a particular special place heading the rest of the world-or-structure relevant here and referred to - which would form the essential structure to begin with and would be most fundamental in the creation and presentation of philosophy and practical-understanding, - and thereafter there is still what is to follow, - but no other third point necessary in the same way for the creation of the initial framework to work with.

April 21, 2018