[Buddha-l] Moment of individuation

[Jim Peavler]

On Apr 22, 2005, at 6:43 AM, Stanley J. Ziobro II wrote:

> Fair enough.  Eschew away.  I've been wondering, though, whether the
> notions of soul that Buddhists deny are the same notions of soul held 
> by
> philosophers and theologians in the West.  This is perhaps too broad a
> question.  The philosophical and theological notions with which I am 
> more
> familiar do not lead one ultimately to conceive of a soul as eternally
> existing or even self-existing.  These attributes of eternality and
> self-existence appear to be central to the notion of soul to which
> Buddhists object.  Is this off the mark?
>

Reminds me of an old Zen story wherein someone remarks that the rabbit 
has no antlers.

To which statement the question: "What kind of antlers is it that 
rabbits don't have?"

I don't seem to recall the answer.