[Buddha-l] Buddhism, the second largest religion in the world

[Richard Hayes]

On Tuesday 06 March 2007 12:32, Michel Clasquin wrote:

> On 06 Mar 2007, at 6:36 PM, Richard Hayes wrote:
> > (Pluto, unfortunately, does not count as a planet,
> > because no mention of it is made in the Pali canon.)
>
> Well, if they knew about it they might have called it Yama, what with
> him being a fellow Lord of the Underworld, so one could say it is
> mentioned obliquely ...

Before your message sent me scurrying to Google to found out who the lord of 
the underworld is, I thought the former planet Pluto was named after Mickey 
Mouse's dog. Please remember that I grew up in a country in which The 
Classics referred to any cultural artifact produced in the years between "The 
Jazz Singer" and "The Wizard of Oz." We can't afford education. It would cut 
too deeply into the budget we need to maintain our nuclear arsenal.

-- 
Richard Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico