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   From: epsteinrob@yahoo.com   
      
   Catawumpus wrote:   
      
   > halfawake :   
   >   
   >   
   >>I guess you don't think much of Mahayana Buddhism, with its emphasis on   
   >>realization and liberation of all beings from delusion?   
   >   
   >   
   >      I don't think very much of your hot-tub Buddhism, with its   
   > admitted clinging to "life-experience," its self-enamored   
   > praise for the "complex, rich and varied" life of the   
   > householder, and its transparent attempts to ignore or diminish   
   > the sharper-edged elements of Buddhist philosophy, e.g. the   
   > rejection of worldly existence.  Not that I would want to harsh   
   > your mellow.   
   >   
   > -- Catawumpus   
      
   Leaving aside my own hot-tub philosophy and clinging to existence for   
   the moment, would you be willing to answer the question as to your view   
   of Mahayana teachings?   
      
   Robert   
      
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