RE: Blasphemy (WAS impermanence)

From: J Corbally (icorb@indigo.ie)
Date: Tue Jul 23 2002 - 15:55:31 MDT


>Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 10:04:23 +0930
>From: "Emlyn O'regan" <oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au>
>Subject: RE: Blasphemy (WAS impermanence)
> >
> > >I believe that the last words of the Buddha were something
> > like this. "Decay
> > >is inherent in all compounded things. Work out your own
> > salvation with
> > >diligence".
> > >Your analogy of Pi, shows that Pi is not a compounded thing,
> > but is One...
> > >argh.. now comes the Platonist stuff ... ;-}
> > >
> > >-Jay
> > >
> > >Mike Perry wrote....
> > >So there are things that can be considered "permanent" in a
> > >way that appears to contradict a central tenet of Buddhism.
> > One reason I am
> > >not a Buddhist, even though, like many others, I do have
> > respect for many
> > >of its features.
> > >
>It's like the Apple Mac of religions.
>Emlyn
>

Stylish on the outside but not very spectacular underneath?

:)

James....
*I can feel the heat of the flames to come*
"If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and
crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures
to satiate desires both subtle and gross. But it's not for the timid."
-Q, Star Trek:TNG episode 'Q Who'



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