[Buddha-l] Rice & Dragons

[James A. Stroble]

> On Apr 14, 2012, at 10:04 PM, "Dan Lusthaus" <vasubandhu at earthlink.net> 
wrote:
> > Since you seem to be averse to gathering facts BEFORE you pontificate, I
> > guess you are finding this a strain.
> 
> Bad guess. Not your first.

While I always enjoy a Dan v. Coyote spif, I have to ask why Buddhism going 
away is such a bad thing.  Yes, maybe the truth about suffering might be 
useful, but the suffering over the protection of the truth about suffering can 
be more suffering that it is worth.  The Bamiyan sculptures were a treasure of 
mankind, but their destruction is not really any catastrophe. Or is Buddhism 
guilty as charged regarding the idolatry?

(And this is something of a test. My posts to Buddha-hell do not seem to be 
making it into the depths of the avici.