[Buddha-l] Smokey the Bear Sutra

Franz Metcalf franzmetcalf at earthlink.net
Wed Nov 29 16:33:34 MST 2006


Gang,

Richard wrote,

> Such discoveries are deeply unsettling to me, since
> they make me fear that some scholarly hotshot, in eagerness to get 
> tenure,
> may try to show that the Smokey the Bear Sutra may not be 
> Buddha-vacana.

It does not matter *who* wrote the Smokey-the-Bear Sutra; it 
emphatically remains Buddha-vacana in my view. What does it matter from 
which orifice the dharma issues? Buddhadharma is Buddhadharma, and here 
it is:

http://www.smokeythebearsutra.com/

Thus have I spoken,

Franz Metcalf



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