[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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