[Buddha-l] Re: Pennsylvania and crying Buddhas

[Richard Nance]

Mitchell Ginsberg wrote:

> To add the Buddhist touch: Are there any jokes in any
> of the Mahayana or Vajrayana or Chinese or ... texts
> of Buddhism?

Ronald M. Davidson has made some interesting comments on the use of
humor in tantric literature. See his _Indian Esoteric Buddhism_
(Columbia University Press, 2002), pp. 277-290.

Best wishes,

R. Nance