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   zenworm :   
      
   >>> There are no 'obstacles', only path.   
      
   Catawumpus :   
      
   >>      If there aren't any obstacles, then there's neither a path   
   >> nor any need for one.   
      
   zenworm:   
      
   > Absolutely correct   
      
        Then you should have said "no path" rather than "only path."   
   But Buddhism does propose one.  Ordinary paths lead through   
   the world's obstacles, while the Eightfold Path leads away from   
   the world.   
      
   -- Catawumpus   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)