[Buddha-l] Critiques of Buddhism

[Richard P Hayes]

Chan Fu wrote:


>Or just laughing your ass off...
>Kenny Wheeler has been a fixture on the public buddhist ng's
>for years,

Is this the jazz trumpeter born in Toronto? 

I used to hang out on buddhist news groups some years ago, but I 
couldn't stand the weather. More recently I tried hanging out with 
Unitarian Buddhists, but that was like trying to get nourishment by 
sucking on New Mexican sandstone.

> though recently silent. His principle assertion
>is that buddhist scripture (properly interpreted)  affirms
>the existence of "soul".

So I gathered from the web site. I have no problem with soul talk. It 
doesn't seem incompatible in the least with anything I know about 
Buddhism. My only allergy is to people who think they have a monopoly 
on proper interpretation of Buddhist scripture. They remind me too much 
of Republicans, I guess.

-- 
Richard