[Buddha-l] Re: **REALLY** Western Buddhism
Richard Hayes
rhayes at unm.edu
Tue Oct 31 11:07:38 MST 2006
On Tuesday 31 October 2006 07:25, Curt Steinmetz wrote:
> Sam Harris doesn't understand the inherent benefits of "making believe".
> This could be a sign of serious psychological problems - but,
> unfortunately, these kinds of problems are far from rare these days, so
> they have the appearance of normalcy.
Just out of curiosity, why is it not sufficient for you to say that you like
make-believe for various reasons? Why do you feel a need to make unwarranted
claims about what another person does not understand (especially when you
show no signs of ever having read the person in question), and then adding
the rckless insinuation that those who do not share your tastes may be
mentally ill?
Are we seeing the benefits of your decades of Buddhist meditation? Do all
those hours you have logged on Zen cushions enable you to do nothing more
than badmouth people who do not share your aesthetic enthusiasms? In just
what ways are you a walking advertisement for the benefits of Buddhist
practice and other forms of make-believe?
--
Richard P. Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico
http://www.unm.edu/~rhayes
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