[Buddha-l] Batchelor

[JKirkpatrick]

Frantz,

Bien pensée, bien dit.............

The dhammapada shows its humble ancient context with so many cart
analogies, like the cart with one broken wheel, dragging a cart
around, etc. Sweet.

Joanna
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Joy et al.,

Merci, Joy, pour les mots (j'ai presque écrit "pensées") de
Voltaire et Pascal. Comme c'est belle et moderne (au moins à mes
oreilles), la phrase "Joie, Joie, Joie, pleurs de joie."

Joy also wrote, of Pascal,

> Of course he has his beliefs, but who hasn't.


No one, of course. Since we were discussing the Kalama Sutta, I
would mention its most frequently quoted bit (perhaps the most
frequently quoted of all Buddhist bits), where the Buddha tells
us not to believe based on various proofs. But how can he do
this? Precisely because he
*does* believe based on experience. We all have our beliefs, even
Buddhas. I, for instance, believe that the Buddha believed

     All things come at first from mind.
     Mind creates them, mind fulfills them.
     Speak or act with tainted mind,
     You'll drag around a cart of pain.
     (Dhammapada 1-4)

Heck, even Nagarjuna might believe that much. Pascal clearly did.

Franz
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