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They are rafts. Many (most? Nearly all??) Mahayana schools utilize specific objects of meditation.
Comment by hau4300 at 04/02/2025 at 03:02 UTC
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A raft (a metaphor) is a vehicle, a tool that allows sentient beings to "understand" reality. It is NOT an object. There is NO object in reality. The concept of an object that can be separated from all other "objects" is unreal. Reality consists of interconnected events in which everything is intertwined with everything else. That's why there is no self because self as a human conceived object does not and cannot exist as an separate entity from everything else in reality. You need to get rid of the concept of an "object" or you will never be able to understand reality.