[Buddha-l] Bourgeois Buddhism

[Stefan Detrez]

2011/10/4 Randall Jones <randall.bernard.jones at gmail.com>

> At 10:58 AM 10/4/2011, Stefan wrote:
> >Someone
> >can claim to be a chicken, but you can only believe them when they lay an
> >egg.
>
>
Not sure what you're saying here, but if it is that Buddhists should
> be known by what they do (rather than what they are), perhaps you're
> onto something. What do you think they do?
>
> And what's wrong with answering, "They say they're Buddhist."
>
>
That just by saying you are something doesn't prove you actually are that
something. It's insufficient proof for what they claim. What I want is
decisive proof and there's nothing wrong in setting up a definition. What if
a lunatic claims he's Napoleon? IS he then Napoleon?

Stefan