[Buddha-l] Buddhism and the "status quo"

[Bshmr at aol.com]

Docents, and associates, 
 
>>[dlusthau]: The discerning, especially discerning Buddhists, look  
elsewhere for their heroes.
>>
 
>[rhayes]: As a Buddhist, I follow the principle: Look at the saying,  not 
the speaker.
>
 
References to UN-GA speeches are scattered through recent threads,  including 
this one. Rather than depend on the Commentator and Commentaries,  reading 
the originals has been instructive, as our Eldest has  pointed out.
 
All of the speeches opening the 61st session of the United Nations General  
Assembly are publicly available. Video, as well as transcripts (in PDF form), 
in  the original tongue and translated are available at 
_http://www.un.org/webcast/ga/61/_ (http://www.un.org/webcast/ga/61/)  The  speeches for each country 
are organized by day presented; use the Hotlinks in  the webpage Heading. 
 
Of more than a dozen that I have reviewed, only three have overt religious  
statements -- two besides Chavez's entertaining half-parody of the USAn Bush;  
other nations may have, though neither Palestine nor Lebanon, which are 
worthy. 
 
Two were clearly manipulative; most simply assert. Some re-assert .. their  
pleas. Most are about their world now.
 
Other than these, one English language transcript appeared to be literally  
type-written on plain paper; most appeared as formal presentations with  
letterhead or seal. 
 
...
 
I re-discover that another's content can resonate as my own, in contrast to  
the doer and the doing which can be only fantasized. [ It seems the Eldest has 
 the point. ] Or, put another way, it is the Dharma rather than legions of  
preceding messianic enlightened ones. 
 
The net of Indra, Spider Woman, inter-dependency, and all that, not that  one 
should care, I will read a few more each day, and believe that I am the  
better for doing so. Limits the time studying The Commentaries and choosing a  
Master Commentator to think for me. <G>
 

Richard Basham
 
PS: Oh, and let those in the 'anti' thread ponder the  'anti-said'.
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