From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Tue Jul 23 2002 - 17:05:23 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....
Yep. High falutin philosophy, doesn't seem to hold up in practise,
ramifications are that I can't be a mac user. Even though, like many others,
I do have respect for many of its features.
Emlyn
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