[Buddha-l] Yet another possibly aprocyphal Buddha-vacana

Richard Hayes rhayes at unm.edu
Wed Aug 6 09:54:30 MDT 2008


On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 05:04 +0600, bshmr wrote:

> Somewhere, probably here, translations of canon by various experts were
> compared and contrasted. Some were more poetic, some downright fanciful;
> a few were boring.

It would be very odd indeed if a religious tradition whose first premise
is "nothing is satisfying" were to have pleasant scriptures. When
looking for authentic Buddhism, always opt for the boring.

-- 
Richard Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico



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