[Buddha-l] Earthquake

j-tuemmers tuemmers at uni-bonn.de
Sat Jun 7 12:46:30 MDT 2008


Mr. Steinmetz wrote:

 > Yes - he left out the ring of fire - which comes between air and
 > space. And since it is the fire heating the air that causes the
 > "great wind" in the first place, this would be a rather significant
 > omission. The text must be corrupt at that point -
 > Lord Buddha would never make such a mistake.

LOL!

Right you are, nobody is perfect.
As HHDL once said concerning the description of the cosmos in buddhist 
texts: "'I'ld rather trust the Hubble telescope..."

J. Tümmers


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