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   From: epsteinrob@yahoo.com   
      
   Awaken21 wrote:   
      
   > On Aug 14, 7:18 pm, halfawake  wrote:   
   >   
   >>Just a question to anyone who cares: since when is any form of Buddhism,   
   >>whether Theravadin or Mahayana, all about the regal pomp of a royal   
   >>display, or the display of amazing supernatural magic?  Is that not the   
   >>kind of nonsense that Buddha railed against during his entire career?   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>What the fuck?   
   >>   
   >>Robert   
   >>   
   >>= = = = = = = =   
   >   
   >   
   > The Vimalakirti Sutra which is both Mahayana and filled with that kind   
   > of stuff is still one of my favorites. even though I nromally dislike   
   > that stuff also and am more interested in the original texts in almost   
   > every other case.   
   >   
   > --   
   >   
   > "Don't go left, don't go right, go deep."   
   >   
   > Jim Willis   
      
   I will check it out after I manage to study the Lotus a little more.   
   I've been reading mostly sutta lately too, but in the past I reallly   
   enjoyed the Diamond, which I've read the most, the Lankavatara and the   
   Surangama, not to mention Hui Neng's Platform Sutra.   
      
   Robert   
      
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