[Buddha-l] RE: The Body in Buddhist Practice

[Jim Peavler]

Why are you going back to a posting that is over six weeks old and  
using is for a springboard to be critical of buddha-l in a spiel that  
is itself totally irrelevant to the posting you are supposedly  
responding to?

This is not an ad homonym attack but just a question because I am  
curious.  Why not just post something with a title that is relevant  
to your subject and say what you have to say?

I have no objection to trying to follow a practice that leads to the  
lessening of suffering. In fact I do it myself all the time. But, it  
is not a subject that does not get discussed on buddha-l, even though  
buddha-l's putative purpose is to discuss academic matters, not  
matters of orthodoxy or orthopraxi. If you object to the discussion  
of academic matters (calling such discussion "complaining about every  
stone") I think you would be happier and suffer less if you  
unsubscribe and cease torturing yourself. On the other hand, you are  
certainly welcome to stay around and enjoy the banter.


On Oct 30, 2006, at 11:03 AM, Phra Achan Dhammarato, Buikkh wrote:

> My Dear Mr. Hopkins
> I completely agree with you. In fact it has been stated before on  
> this list that the Buddha's path to the end of suffering does not  
> exist and that the interest of this list is purely academic (read  
> useless in the elimination of suffering).  This is why I do not  
> often post; I fear that my post will not be well received because I  
> am only interested in the actual practice that leads to the end of  
> suffering, and not in complaining about every stone found on the  
> path.  The only exception to this would be when someone claims that  
> the Suttas contain (even filled with) something (caricatures)  
> without substantiating these claims.  I do so at my peril of ad  
> holmium attacks but would do so in the defense of the suttas as  
> being a practical guide to the end of suffering and not a listing  
> of jokes and cariatures.
>
> Phra Achan Dhammarato
> Wat LAo Buddharam, Charlotte, NC 28214
>
> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 18:53:45 +0000
> From: Stephen Hopkins <stephen.hopkins at ukonline.co.uk>
> Subject: [Buddha-l] The Body in Buddhist Practice
> To: Buddhist discussion forum <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
> Message-ID: <C130A739.2C76%stephen.hopkins at ukonline.co.uk>
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> Denizens -Discussions on this list rarely seem to focus on the  
> physical aspects
> of Buddhist practice and their relationship to mind, but as many  
> will know, such concerns are often at the heart of practice.   
> That's especially so in the case of such things as sitting (or  
> walking) meditation, but, in my experience, attention to posture  
> and, of course, breathing is common.  I've wondered if this odd -  
> to me - absence of discussion is a more a reflection of the lists  
> academic focus than it is on the perceived importance of the body  
> in Buddhism, and if others also think this worthy of note or  
> discussion, central to practice and understanding, or just, well, just
> (nodisparagement intended) yoga (ie, to dig this hole a little  
> deeper, a
> system of Hindu philosophy).Regards,
> Steve Hopkins
>
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Jim Peavler
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