[Buddha-l] Re: Jesus is Buddha?

Dante Rosati dante at interport.net
Mon Jan 23 15:08:32 MST 2006


>I am having a hard time being boggled by this. In fact, I see a certain
>phenomenological consistency in the kind of thinking Nagarjuna does and
>the kind of thinking a Fundamentalist, or a Nazi, does. What they both
>have in common is a sort of obsessive reliance on oversimplification,
>literalism and the application of one kind of argument to solve all
>problems. They are both hyper-rational and devoid of subtlety. If one
>talks to a Fundamentalist (or a Nazi or a bigot or a Madhyamaika) one
>often encounters a steel wall of impeccable logic. Every avenue of
>potential criticism has been shut out by a recursive application of a
>simplistic method of thinking. In fact, I almost find it surprising that
>we don't find more fanatics among the ranks of Nagarjuna scholars.

This is equal parts brilliant and hilarious.

Thanks, Prof.

Dante


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