[Buddha-l] The Universe Story

[Christopher Fynn]

On 17/04/2012, Richard Hayes <rhayes at unm.edu> wrote:
> On Apr 16, 2012, at 3:52 PM, Erik Hoogcarspel <jehms at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
>> Don't get me wrong, I'm not against ambition, but the universe is to big
>> for a story.
>
> According to Thomas Berry, the universe itself IS the story. It is not a
> story we human beings are telling about it; it's a story being told to us,
> to which we should listen. Berry was strongly influenced by Teilhard de
> Chardin, some of whose books were banned by the Vatican. I always have time
> to listen to anyone banned by the Vatican.
>
> Ricardo de Santa Fe

It's also worth reading works by Buddhist authors that were banned and
suppressed by the Buddhist establishment.

In Tibet there were quite a few of these - quite likely the same is
the case in other Buddhist countries where one particular group had
political power or influence.