[Buddha-l] Re: Where does authority for "true" Buddhism come from?

[Gad Horowitz]

is a bunny rabbit dreaming its life?  what about a cuddly bacterium?



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erik Hoogcarspel" <jehms at xs4all.nl>
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Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 6:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Re: Where does authority for "true" Buddhism come
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> Jim Peavler schreef:
>
> >
> >
> > So, prove that we are dreaming our lives and I will buy you a
> > vegetarian pizza.
> >
> Nobody can force you to accept anything as a proof, but maybe this comes
> close.
> Something real can only exist in time. So time must be real. Only the
> present moment exists however. The past is only what we remember and the
> future is what we expect to happen. Time without past and present cannot
> exist, therefore time doesn't exist, so nothing exists.
> In a more positive way several philosophers (a.o. Eliade, Husserl and
> Bourdieu) have stressed that we make time by thinking back and thinking
> ahead. So we do indeed dream our lifes (together).
>
> Erik
>
>
> www.xs4all.nl/~jehms
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