[Buddha-l] Swearing

[d f tweney]

I can't see myself shouting "samsara!" after hitting my thumb with a 
hammer, but yelling "Dukkha!" might do the trick.

What to yell at the motorists who nearly run me over while I'm riding my 
bicycle though, that's another question. "Wake up!" or "Pay attention!" is 
both buddhist, and compassionate, as well as being practical -- but I find 
these don't have quite enough bite to them, you know what I mean?

take care,

--dylan.


On Tue, 26 Sep 2006, Mike Austin wrote:

> Richard's attempts to create Buddhist swear words, if used as a means of 
> appeal for help,  would be rather empty and pointless if he were to hold the 
> same view as I do about praise to the Buddha.  That is, one would be 
> appealing to oneself to change, wake up, get wise etc. rather that to an 
> external being. So what one is left with is, perhaps, calling oneself an 
> idiot in the present moment, recalling that one was an idiot in the past and 
> resolving not to be an idiot in the future.  In short, one swears at samsara. 
> Successful appeals for help are contingent on our own efforts.
>
>

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