[Buddha-l] Fsat Mnifdlunses?

Dan Lusthaus vasubandhu at earthlink.net
Thu Aug 13 11:55:34 MDT 2009


> I don't find the idealist corner absurd. And the claim that
> Madhyamakas were nihilists sounds perfectly reasonable to me. I don't
> subscribe to idealism, nor do I think Madhyamakas were nāstikas tout
> court, but I don't think either of those claims deserves to be called
> absurd or untenable.
>
> Richard

Oh, I see. If it quacks, it can't be a goose.

It's precisely those accusations that are false while having the appearance 
of some validity that can do the most mischief and deceive the most people.

Perhaps, instead of absurd or untenable, we might call them malicious or 
pernicious?

Dan 



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