It's not Buddhism. What Nabby and other here are all raising hell about,
whether it be regarding duplicities of Buddhist leaders or Hindus are the
tendencies of PEOPLE to mythologise the orient so as to disallow it to have any
faults. What few are willing to admit is that all philosophies are created by
HUMANS, and therefore subject to the usual complaints of humanity. I thank
Nabby for presenting us the opportunity to think on this Orientocentricism, (or
orientation?) as something inherently more noble than other modes of thinking
such as typical Western ethics. No system of though precludes a person from
abusing the trust of others, especially insofar as it wields near absolute
power. I admit personally to enjoying the diversity of all peoples as providing
a system of checks and balances through different philosophies because we all
see the obvious truth that absolute power corrupts absolutely. Thanks Nowblowus
for these articles. Keep em coming.
----- Original Message -----
From: Vaj
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 5:30 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Buddhism on the "rise"
On Apr 16, 2009, at 5:16 PM, nablusoss1008 wrote:
According to recent reports, members of Pulguksa Temple in North Kyongsang
Province, one of the nation?s oldest temples, were found last week to have run
an illegal golf practice range within its compound for three years.
I knew it was only a matter of time till the evils of golf hit the Buddhist
world. What's next, bowling and Bingo?
