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   From: epsteinrob@yahoo.com   
      
   Catawumpus wrote:   
      
   > halfawake :   
   >   
   >   
   >>same one note again.   
   >   
   >   
   >      Same old notawake:  compelled to reply, but nothing to say.   
   >   
   >   
   >>you made this point a couple of months ago. and   
   >   
   >   
   >      And my point stands:  Jigme was idiotically wrong to claim   
   > "Buddhism does not comment negatively on life here."   
   > Counter-examples include the Four Noble Truths, which disparage   
   > life in this world and reject "the craving that leads to   
   > rebirth," the comparison of the world to a burning house in the   
   > Lotus Sutra, and Gotama's remark "I spit on my life," or "Shame   
   > on life here in this world!" in the Padhana Sutta, clearly   
   > contradicting Jigme's dogmatic assertion.  So much for his many   
   > years of study.   
   >   
   > -- Catawumpus   
      
   Well now that you've made your view on this clear about 30 times, have   
   you got anything else to say?  What do you think about the Buddha's path   
   to liberation from delusion?   
      
   Robert   
      
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