[Buddha-l] Re: On being unarmed and compassionate

[Chan Fu]

On 10/23/05, Richard P. Hayes <rhayes at unm.edu> wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-10-23 at 15:43 -0600, Jim Peavler wrote:
>
> > I smiled, but I realize that isn't much comfort.
>
> It depends on whether you smiled one of those arhant smiles, where the
> corners of the mouth turn up slightly as if you might just be having gas
> pains, or whether you smiled one of those foolish common-folk smiles in
> which tears ran down the cheeks as involuntary ejaculations escaped from
> the vocal cavity, making the neighbors suspect a pair of sea turtles
> might be mating on the rooftop.
>
> Both kinds of smile would bring me psychological comfort, of course, but
> the latter would probably contribute more to your overall health. I read
> not long ago in some prestigious medical journal, or perhaps the
> National Enquirer, that researchers have learned that fifteen minutes of
> laughter a day is as good for one's heart and lungs as a forty minute
> bicycle ride behind a city bus. But then you knew that.
>
> --
> Richard

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