[Buddha-l] Rebirth and a Footnote

[curt]

This reminds me of the following "prayer", if that is the right word 
(I'll bet no one can guess the source):

"Unto them from whose eyes the veil of life hath fallen may there be 
granted the accomplishment of their true Wills; whether they will 
absorption in the Infinite, or to be united with their chosen and 
preferred, or to be in contemplation, or to be at peace, or to achieve 
the labour and heroism of incarnation on this planet or another, or in 
any Star, or aught else, unto them may there be granted the 
accomplishment of their wills; yea, the accomplishment of their wills."

- Curt

Peter D. Junger wrote:

>I have just posted the following entry in my blog at 
><samsara-blog.blogspot.com>:
>
>                     My Favorite Footnote
>
>  My favorite footnote is footnote 8 in Robert Nozick's State, 
>  Anarchy, Utopia (1974) where he quotes an old Yiddish joke:
>
>    "Life is so terrible, it would be better never to have been 
>     born."
>
>    "Yes, but how many are so lucky? Not one in a thousand."
>
>  This takes on especial significance in the context of the 
>  Buddhist teaching that the goal of Buddhist practice is to free 
>  oneself--and others--from the cycle of rebirth.
>
>--
>Peter D. Junger--Case Western Reserve University Law School--Cleveland, OH
> EMAIL: junger at samsara.law.cwru.edu    URL:  http://samsara.law.cwru.edu   
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