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Originally Posted by Phaelyn
It would be great if somebody translated Buddhism into common use English.
Like:
Buddhism "Mindstream" = English "Self, Non dogmatic definition of Soul"
Buddhism "Not-Self" = English "Liberated Consciousness"
Buddhism "Self" = English "Not Liberated Consciousness, Ego"
English Consciousness = self, awareness, soul, that which is aware.
Buddhism Consciousness = false identity, product of brain, ego, mental processes.
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It is translated into English, just because it is not understood, it doesn’t mean that will change if the words are changed. The Buddha’s teachings are actually very precise and very skillful (caveat: corrupted by people misquoting it or not understanding it）
Also, in case you care, the definition of Buddhism consciousness you list is
completely wrong. Couldn’t be farther from the Buddhist definition which really refers to all form .. in essence ..
Access to insight has plenty of definitions in English if anyone was genuinely interested.
Jl