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

[Benito Carral]

On Thursday, January 26, 2006, Jim Peavler wrote:

> If  you are interested in the subject as a discipline
> in  its  own  right  you might be interested in Bruce
> Metzger's fine book on the text of the New Testament.

   Thank you for the reference.


> I  am  not  sure that I understand what folks mean by
> "meaningful life".

   Carl  Gustav  Jung  said  that  senselessness is the
general neurosis of our time, so you are probably lucky
enough  and don't need to know what a "meaningful life"
means.


>> One  approach  would  be  trying  to destroy all the
>> copies  of the US constitution. Other approach would
>> be  trying to delegitimize it. Then it could also be
>> possible to write a new one.

> Now  your straw-man is getting taller and fatter than
> mine!

   They  are  not  straw-men  at all. If you change "US
constitution"  for "Buddhist teachings" in the context,
you  will  easily  understand  that  I'm  talking about
historical facts.

   Some   Muslims   tried   to   destroy  the  Buddhist
teachings.  Most  of  Mahayanists  think that the early
teachings  are  superficial ones. Many Mahayanists have
written new "sutras."


> I  have  to  go  out  now and jump up and down in the
> snow.

   That's seems to me a enjoyable thing to do. :-)

   Best wishes,

   Beni