[Buddha-l] Ii don't see that there's any problem

[Stefan Detrez]

>
> > The name Friends of
> >the Western Buddist
> > Order sounds a lot like 'The Knights of the Round
> >Table', so maybe something
> > more up to date is better.
>
> I had not thought of that. Now that you mention it, I am
> feeling a little drawn to a name like The Buddhist Order
> of the Knights of Saint George. (What would that be? De
> Boeddhistiche Orde van de Ridders van Sint Joris?) Yes, I
> think that's just the sort of name that appeals most
> deeply to my complex sense of reverence, absurdity and
> chivalry.
>
>
And since we're lifting the academic level of discussion to unprecedented
heights, why not try 'The Buddhist Rotary'. It has that very whiff of
exclusivity, cakravartinivity and flamboyancy, necessary for succes and
world dominion. If you really want to emphasize the knightly character of
the club (why not try 'The Buddha Bar Society'), we might as well call it
'The Triratna Kamikaze'.

'European Buddhist Society' sound good. 'Society of Westernized Buddhism'.
'The Buddhist Bond.' 'United Cherishers of the Buddhavacana'. 'Western Bond
of Patronizers of Buddhism'. 'Buddheurope', 'Readers of the Western Buddha'.
'Why did the Bodhidharma go to the West?-Club'. 'Buddhassociates. Inc.' 'The
Western Buddhist Community'.

It would be pleasing, of course, if I could work in some
> references to my Maoist past. How about The Running Dog
> Lackeys of the Buddha (Coyotes)? I may reserve that name
> for the order when New Mexico throws off the oppressive
> yoke of yankee imperialism and becomes an independent
> people's socialist Buddhist republic (a move that will
> require ridding the land of Republicans. And who can rid a
> land of Republicans better than Boeddhistiche ridders?)
>
>
Maybe the 'White Crane Used To Spread Its Wings'-Buddhists.

I can see I owe you three oliebollen as a reward for
> peforming the impossible task of translating Friends of
> the Triratna Buddhist Order into Flemish. I'll bring the
> bolas de aceite to you next time I visit Antwerpen.
>
>
You do that. I'll be waiting with politically correct coffee.

Stefan, catuskotic Buddhist.