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   From: kimmerian@fastmail.fm   
      
   halfawake :   
      
   > There is a non-trivial distinction in Buddhism, promoted by Buddha   
   > himself in the parable of the two arrows, that the more important   
   > suffering is the suffering that can be removed by enlightenment, which   
      
        Uh-huh.  But making the unqualified claim "the enlightened   
   have gone beyond suffering" puts you in conflict with the   
   Sakalika Sutta, which implies the Buddha suffered from the pain   
   caused him by a sharp piece of rock.   
      
   -- Catawumpus   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)