[Buddha-l] Many thanks for "Diamond Sutra" recommendations

[Richard Hayes]

On Dec 10, 2009, at 9:15 AM, Michael LaTorra wrote:

> May you all be freed from suffering (eventually, forever, but for  
> now, at
> least a little bit :)

Michael, be careful what you wish for. If suffering came to an end,  
countless millions of bodhisattvas would be put out of work. The  
economy is already precarious enough, and a sudden influx of  
un(der)employed bodhisattvas could plunge the world into a major  
depression.

Richard Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico
http://www.unm.edu/~rhayes
rhayes at unm.edu