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Is Schopenhauer's "the Will" equivalent to "the Mystic Law"?

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I recently was watching a video in which Schopenhauer's views on aesthetics were expressed. Part of his views relied on saying that there is one aspect of the nominal world which can be experienced -despite that basically being a contradiction to what the nominal and phenomenal world are-. He went on to say that the exception is called, "The Will". The will as basically, to my best understanding, the driving force for all things which pervades all things, both abstract and not, and that, once aware of this "Will" one loses what I guess could be loosely identified as the self, and becomes more as one with, "The Will". This, to me, sounds a lot like what I have heard called, "The Mystic Law". [Here is a definition of the mystic law](http://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/wnd-1/Content/47) as referred to as, "the true aspect", by the philosopher, Miao-Lo: > “The true aspect invariably manifests in all phenomena, and all phenomena invariably manifest in the ten factors. The ten factors invariably manifest in the Ten Worlds, and the Ten Worlds invariably manifest in life and its environment.” My question then is, how closely are these two "aspects" related, and are they really referring to the same thing?
Asked by Morella Almånd (467 rep)
Apr 30, 2016, 03:12 PM
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