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

[Richard Hayes]

On Fri, 9 Mar 2007 10:24:40 -0800 (PST)
  David S <vipassana8123 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanks, Vicente Gonzalez, for your comments.
>   
>  Due to some of the constructive criticism and some of 
>the completely non-constructive criticism to some things 
>at my website, I have made some changes. 

One of my undergraduate teachers of creative writing was 
fond of saying to us "Show me someone who can take 
criticism, provided it is constructive, and I'll show you 
someone who can't take criticism."

Please know that, to the best of my understanding, not a 
single remark made about your website was meant to be 
anything but helpful. So it is gratifying to know you used 
some of it imporve your website.


>And I have added some important notes to the 
>bottom of the quiz for those who find it offensive, but 
>still feel the need to take the quiz.

Did someone find your innocuous quiz offensive? On what 
grounds were they offended? And how did you learn about 
it?

>  For those interested in seeing the changes go to the 
>website and click on "Buddhists in the World Page" and 
>the "Take the quiz" page.

Much better. Properly self-effacing and all that. But on 
your web site I found this page much more interesting:

http://www.vipassanafoundation.com/retire/index2.html

Not that many Vipassana sites these days have a 
get-rich-quick-by-speculating-in-real-estate page. 
Unfortunately, I am 62 years old and love my job and 
therefore have no aspirations to retire at the age of 40. 
But by golly for those serious meditators who DO want to 
get rich quick and retire at age 40, I'm glad you showed 
them the Way. Indeed, I think yours is one of the best 
Vipassana-inspired Real Estate speculation sites coming 
out of Las Vegas, NV.

(Welcome again to buddha-l, Dr Snyder. Please don't take 
any of these comments any more seriously than any of us 
took your little quiz. After all, probably no on else in 
our little Buddhist coffee klatch can truthfully say as 
you do in your autobigraphical sketch that his "aptitude 
for research and analysis of statistics and numbers from 
his education and work experience was utilized into a 
successful real estate investment career...")

Richard