[Buddha-l] Rebirth and a Footnote

[Gad Horowitz]

theosophy?


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From: "curt" <curt at cola.iges.org>
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Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Rebirth and a Footnote


> 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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