XPost: talk.religion.buddhism, alt.zen, alt.philosophy.zen   
   XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy   
   From: niunian@ymail.com   
      
   On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:49:32 +0000 (UTC), oxtail    
   wrote:   
      
   >Catawumpus wrote:   
   >   
   >> oxtail :   
   >>   
   >>> You are quite good at making distinctions. But I wonder why you cannot   
   >>> see that   
   >>> what you see as lies are truthful   
   >>> enough in broader contexts.   
   >>   
   >>      Case by case, always, not so?  In the case of the Apannaka   
   >> Sutta the Buddha provides a "safe bet" teaching and also asserts "There   
   >> is actually the next world."  In the case of the Lotus Sutra the Buddha   
   >> teaches to escape from life in this world, which he compares with a   
   >> burning house, and from rebirth in the next one.   
   >   
   >   
   >Your interpretations are reasonable enough   
   >in your limited contexts.   
   >But, if you don't mind,   
   >I would like to look at them   
   >in the broader contexts.   
   >   
   >Isn't it the case that   
   >life does not have to be full of suffering   
   >regardless of whether there is the next world or not?   
      
   Isn't it the case life does not have to be born into this suffering   
   world in the first place?   
      
   Your question has no meaning. It's only an imagination of your wishful   
   mind.   
      
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