Theos-Talk Archives (December 2002 Message tt00643)

QUOTE: “When other living beings see something as produced in
dependence upon
causes and conditions, they see it as essentially or intrinsically
existent,
and thus they are bound in cyclic existence; but for noble beings,
production
in dependence upon causes and conditions is reason enough to refute
intrinsic
existence and develop certainty about the lack of intrinsic existence.
Because
it cuts the bonds of extreme views, the use of dependent-arising as a
reason
to prove that there is no intrinsic existence is a marvelous and
highly
skillful method.” (Tsongkhapa, The Great Treatise on the Stages of the
Path,
Snow Lion, 2002, p 319)

For Gerald's comment on the above, see Thos-1, Dec 21