[Buddha-l] "The Origins of Om Manipadme Hum"

[Richard Hayes]

On Thu, 2008-07-17 at 14:40 -0400, Curt Steinmetz wrote:

> I was looking at a fascinating blog ( http://jayarava.blogspot.com/ ) 
> maintained by one of Richard's co-religionists (in the FWBO), and I came 
> across a reference to a book on "The Origins of Om Manipadme Hum: A 
> Study of the Karandavyuha Sutra" 

You weren't satisfied with the account given by Don Lopez in Prisoners
of Shangri-la? I think that's the best account I have ever seen, if only
because it is so funny as it cuts through all the complete nonsense that
has been generated by well-meaning but uninformed scholars of
comparative religions.

Jayarava's blog site is a lot of fun. He is also active on several FWBO
discussion groups, where he can be counted on to ruffle the feathers of
the cloyingly pious, the naive, the skeptical and the cynical alike.
(All these types abound in the FWBO.) Alas, some FWBO sites are closed
to the general public. You have to know the secret handshake to read
some of Jayarava's raves. Maybe I should try to get him to sign on to
buddha-l. He could entertain everyone by brandishing the sword of wisdom
every time I became cloyingly pious, naive, skeptical and cynical (all
of which modes I exhibit at least once an hour).

-- 
Richard Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico