[Buddha-l] Seduction of a holy man

[jkirk]

"...apparently the only subscriber left ? 
You mean everybody else unsusbscribed from the list??
or just that nobody is posting anything?




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Peavler" <jmp at peavler.org>
To: "Buddhist discussion forum" <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 4:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Seduction of a holy man


> 
> On Feb 27, 2006, at 3:52 PM, jkirk wrote:
> 
>> Last year some time, someone posted a speculation that the Buddha  
>> had been seduced by some woman who allegedly infiltrated his kuti  
>> and had her way with him.
>> This motif--the seduction of a holy man--is widely found around the  
>> world. Here is a version that has a happy ending.
>> Interestingly (as least the way I read it), the fetus speaks and  
>> saves the hermit. Isn't there a story, a jataka maybe, where the  
>> Buddha speaks from his mother's womb? Anybody here know of it?
>> Joanna K.
>> ==============================================
> 
> 
> You are making a wonderful and brave effort, Joanna, to save buddha-l  
> from descending into full unconsciousness. However, you are  
> apparently the only subscriber left and will spend the next kalpa or  
> two talking to yourself. I understand completely. That's why I left  
> the university I guess.
> 
> 
> 
> Jim Peavler
> jmp at peavler.org
> 
> 
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