[Buddha-l] Bowl shaped earth

[Jim Peavler]

Anyone who has ever stood out in the middle of the high plains  
somewhere (say the Texas panhandle or Kansas for examples, knows that  
no matter which way the observer turns, the horizon is slightly  
higher than her head. Hence it is obvious that the earth is bowl- 
shaped and no matter where you stand you are standing at the bottom.  
(kind of a reverse Foucault's pendulum).

Is the obvious bowl-shaped universe somehow tied in with Buddhism? I  
hope so, or this missive is off-topic!




Jim Peavler

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

     -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), reply of the Pennsylvania
     Assembly to the Governor, November 11, 1755