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   XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy   
   From: kimmerian@fastmail.fm   
      
   halfawake :   
      
   > You're   
      
        I'm explaining why you're wrong, as usual, in this case on   
   the subject of arahants and suicide.  Short version:  you   
   imagined a rule prohibiting them from killing themselves -- the   
   principle works the opposite way -- and your claim there's   
   been only a single exception ("that one example of the horribly   
   ill arahat") is contradicted by the Lotus Sutra, where the   
   Bodhisattva Sarvasattvapriyadarsana not only immolates his body   
   after reaching full consciousness but receives high praise   
   from the eight Buddhas watching for his "sublime worship of the   
   law."   
      
   > I also acknowledged the "sticking around  to help others" reason for staying   
   in   
      
        You don't know what in hell you say.  You've even admitted   
   that you can't recognize your own words when they're quoted   
   back to you.  But in case you're wondering, you followed up the   
   crap you posted about Buddhism with a plain lie about my   
   response, falsely insisting I "refused to answer" your question   
   about why arahants don't kill themselves in big numbers.   
   Truth is I'd replied twice with the simple, obvious explanation   
   that they stay to teach others.   
      
   -- Catawumpus   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)