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Buddhadharma is not negative, most of our minds are though.  Recall that beyond the first two Noble truths of dissatisfaction and its cause, there are the two cheery facts of a Path that one treads eagerly & happily, leading to a Goal that is totally free of any negative aspects. 

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@Jdn: interesting, I wonder if their approach is to master or to see their part in the greater whole? Or to go beyond ego and see that there is no "me" that masters, only complete harmony. When in harmony one gets to a play a part sometimes metaphysically over the universe

 

 

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Master Hua in comments on the Diamond Sutra mentions this notion:

 

"Lao Tzu was a transformation body of the Venerable Mahàkàsyapa. When the Buddha entered the world, he saw that living beings in China committed many offenses and did not rely on the Dharma to cultivate, so he sent Lao Tzu, Confucius, and Yen Hui to China to teach and transform living beings. All three were transformation-bodies of Bodhisattvas."

 

A 'transformation body' is a Nirmanakaya.

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But then, on the other hand there is that story that suggests that the Buddha was totally fictional but based on the teachings of Lao Tzu.

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Most likely exchange of ideas was made prior to anythign we call Buddhism and Daoism whcih of course influenced thought before the emergence of them, but the did probably aside from that arise independently.

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