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   From: tsbrueni@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us   
      
   Steve Hayes wrote:   
      
   > Mere Buddhis is perhaps easier to determine than mer Christianity, and can be   
   > found in the 10 precepts, the first five of which are applicable to all   
   > Buddhists, and the last five applicable mainly to what the West has called   
   > monks:   
   >   
   > 1 Refrain from destroying life (ahimsa)   
   > 2, Do not take what is not given   
   > 3. Abstain from unchastity   
   > 4. Do not lie or deceive   
   > 5. Abstain from intoxicants   
   > 6. Eat moderately and not after noon   
   > 7. Do not look at dancing, singing or dramatic spectacles   
   > 8. Do not use garlands, scents, unguents or ornaments   
   > 9. Do not use high or broad beds   
   > 10. Do not accept gold or silver.   
      
   How do Buddists eat anything, even plants?  After all, plants are life too!   
      
   >   
   > Buddhism, like Christianity, has been found in many different cultures and   
   > contexts in our world. Like Christianity, when it has been too closely linked   
   > with political power it has tended to rationalise the abandonment of these   
   > virtues, or rather to justify the failure to practise them, withotu   
   abandoning   
   > the profession of the ideal. But in many ways the Buddhist precepts are   
   > similar to the Christian ones, and I imagine that a world in which everyone   
   > practised mere Buddhism would be very similar to one in which everyone   
   > practised mere Christianity.   
   >   
   > I suppose one difference would bne that in the imaginary "mere Christian"   
   > world one would find painting but no sculpture, while in the Buddhist world   
   > one might find both.   
      
   What arts forms would you find in a Mere Muslim world?   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)