user19295: The above is a quote from 'Humphreys, Christmas.  Buddhism: An Introduction and Guide'p145. 
Is it true that the main aim of Buddhism (Mahayana) is for reason to destroy itself? 
That really sound too colorful and worst than nihilism itself

user43: Good question. That's a rather crude statement, albeit a nice first approximation.
More precisely I would say, the aim is to clearly see the Value, the Limitations, and the Danger of having subjective experience entirely subsumed within a framework made of models and concepts (taken at their face values as being the reality itself, aka "reified"), to see how this mistake is universal, inevitable, and intrinsic part of sentient life, to see the mechanisms behind arising of said conceptually conditioned experience, and finally to master the practical means of manipulating said mechanisms towards liberation from the confines of said framework to the reality of authentic suchness. 

user13163: Reason is “killed” in a sense since reason is created and conditioned. When one awakens, one reaches that point of “unborn”, which is the origin of reason within mind. Reason is then no longer necessary and mind conforms to this new state. As long as you hold on to the idea that you are this conditioned mind, you will not awaken to this understanding.

19295: <p>The above is a quote from 'Humphreys, Christmas.  Buddhism: An Introduction and Guide'p145. </p>

<p>Is it true that the main aim of Buddhism (Mahayana) is for reason to destroy itself? </p>

<p>That really sound too colorful and worst than nihilism itself</p>
 43: <p>Good question. That's a rather crude statement, albeit a nice first approximation.</p>

<p>More precisely I would say, the aim is to clearly see the Value, the Limitations, and the Danger of having subjective experience entirely subsumed within a framework made of models and concepts (taken at their face values as being the reality itself, aka "reified"), to see how this mistake is universal, inevitable, and intrinsic part of sentient life, to see the mechanisms behind arising of said conceptually conditioned experience, and finally to master the practical means of manipulating said mechanisms towards liberation from the confines of said framework to the reality of authentic suchness. </p>
 13163: <p>Reason is “killed” in a sense since reason is created and conditioned. When one awakens, one reaches that point of “unborn”, which is the origin of reason within mind. Reason is then no longer necessary and mind conforms to this new state. As long as you hold on to the idea that you are this conditioned mind, you will not awaken to this understanding.</p>
