[Buddha-l] lotus sutra question

[Stuart Lachs]

JWB,

You may want to look at Alan Cole's "Text as Father: Paternal Seductions in 
Early Mahayana Sutras." Chapter two, "Who's Your Daddy Now?" is about the 
Lotus Sutra.

Stuart
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From: "John Whalen-Bridge" <ellwbj at nus.edu.sg>
To: <rhayes at unm.edu>; <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
Cc: "John Whalen-Bridge" <ellwbj at nus.edu.sg>
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 10:18 PM
Subject: [Buddha-l] lotus sutra question



Hi Richard.  Question for Richard, kibitzers all welcome.  I'm wondering 
about some of the comments you've made about Lotus Sutra on Buddha-L over 
the years.  I always seem to hear just the one-liner versions, but I'm 
supposing there are messages in the archive that fill out your complaint? 
Or maybe you can direct me somewhere else if that is not the right tree up 
which to bark.  I like pt. 12, the bit about Devadatta going to heaven 
someday.  I like the idea that everyone goes to heaven, even nasty 
schismatics, even if some people take the looooong way, and I kind of draw 
strength from the story.  But one shouldn't build a house on sand, less 
liquifaction cause the earth to swallow it up during the next earthquake.

Any leads for me?  Or maybe I need to figure out how to search the Buddha-L 
archive, in which perhaps I'm not doing my homework and must beg 
pardon--I'll get to heaven eventually, but not for a while if I continue to 
disobey Buddha-L rules!

Cheers,   JWB
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