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

[Richard Hayes]

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