Seventy Topics - 6*6 = 36 paramitas
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At first glance, this looks like an algebraic expression for practicing the paramitas. If n * m and m * n were distinct, then there would be 72 resulting traits. If there are only 36, that implies that these equations are the same and interchangeable.
As for n * n, I can't say for certain, but if you look at it like a formula, n * n = n^2. If you "square" your own application of a quality, you are doubling its power and reinforcing it's imprint onto your own habits and routines. If you think you've gone deep enough, then you have to go deeper.
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where is the difference between n*m and m*n?
I don't know about this Buddhist doctrine, but relations like these are distinguished/distinct in the I ching for example -- e.g. heaven over mountain versus mountain over heaven.
The hexagrams include the reflexive too, e.g. heaven over heaven and mountain over mountain.
Perhaps (this is just my guess) the difference is that one is the basis for the other -- e.g. "because of virtue, you are generous" versus "because of generosity, you are virtuous" (or if not "because of" then "based on" or "conditioned by", or something like that).
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