[Buddha-l] Re: Diversions, distractions and off-topic discussions

[Chan Fu]

On 10/8/05, Mike Austin <mike at lamrim.org.uk> wrote:
> In message
> <a4666c520510081753x42fa75c8qd58c94f267270b3d at mail.gmail.com>, Chan Fu
> <chanfu at gmail.com> writes
>
> >Yes, I'm suggesting that the entireity of Buddhist literature was
> >manufactured. And very often by people who hadn't a clue -
> >completly after the fact - in fact, without even the fact.
>
> Well, well!
>
> I happen to think that some people have more of a clue than I. (In fact,
> probably most people do).  But I only become convinced of this if I take
> on board what they say, and test it for myself.  What I have found, with
> guidance from texts and teachers, is something I would not have expected
> to find through my own disoriented musings, let alone through dismissive
> banter.
>
>
> >A huge number of Buddhists are afraid of karma (action), so
> >they preach and practice inaction - a collection of foolish lizards
> >basking in the sun. But Buddhism isn't that. Selfless action
> >is real action and Buddhism actually demands action, it *is*
> >action - that's what being implies, that's what being is.
>
> Now settle down there! It is said (hopefully, not by the clueless), that
> Bodhisattvas fear only their delusions. If they wish to avoid an effect,
> they wish to avoid the cause of that effect. Dukkha arises from delusion
> and karma. One does not overcome these through inaction.
>
>
> >It's time to grow up.
>
> One grows up by recognising grown-ups, and learning from them.

ok dad - teach me