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   XPost: alt.zen, alt.religion.buddhism.theravada, alt.philosophy.zen   
   XPost: alt.religion.buddhism.nichiren   
   From: usagi@tsukino.ca   
      
   On 5/3/2012 4:02 PM, Disbasing Zen Stories wrote:   
   > .   
   > .   '... In the third and ninth volumes of the Nirvana   
   > .   Sutra, we find the Buddha predicting that when   
   > .   his teachings are transmitted from India to other   
   > .   countries many errors will be introduced into   
   > .   them, and the chances for people to gain   
   > .   enlightenment through them will be reduced.   
   > .   Therefore, the Great Teacher Miao-lo remarks:   
   > .   "Whether or not the teachings are grasped   
   > .   correctly depends upon the persons who transmit   
   > .   them. It is not determined by the sage's original   
   > .   pronouncements."(82)'   
   > .   
      
   We live in a special time where there is a vast amount of information   
   available to us. Someone who uses special means to collect and analyze   
   such information can discern a great many things by linking the   
   following ideas to their completion with the finding of the root of the   
   flower.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)