[Buddha-l] there he goes again (sam harris)

[curt]

Richard Hayes wrote:
> On Thursday 26 October 2006 13:53, curt wrote:
>
>   
>> Sam Harris in the Shambhala Sun: "Students of the Buddha are very well
>> placed to further our understanding on this front, but the religion of
>> Buddhism currently stands in their way."
>>     
>
> I couldn't agree more. Sam and Stephen Batchelor and I should maybe think of 
> getting together and refusing to start a new religion. But Krishnamurti 
> already tried that. It didn't work. 

You forgot Toni Packer - she also (didn't) try the same thing - and it 
also didn't (not) work for her, too. Also, Joko Beck tried to break with 
tradition and ended up starting her own school of Zen. How 
(un)traditional of her.

> People are so addicted to religion that 
> they can't resist turning just about everything that shows any danger of 
> making sense into one.
>
>   

Perhaps the idea that there is something inherently wrong with "belief" 
is just another belief. It kinda sounds like it.

- Curt