--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_esq@...> wrote: > > Are you saying that we are gods? So, we should enjoy > everything that we do and have here on earth?
As usual, I have no idea what Willytex might have been trying to say. If you were asking me to respond to your two questions, my answer would be, "No on 1, Yes on 2." :-) > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <richard@> wrote: > > > > "We are the Materialists, one of the schools of Indian > > Philosophy, founded by Brhaspati, and very old. > > > > We have always existed, and we will exist at the end of > > time. > > > > Our teacher is Ajitakeshakambalin, (of the hair-blanket), > > so-called because he wanted to be having a hair-blanket > > wrapped about him at all times. > > > > We believe in four elements. Our motto is "emphasize the > > substance, ignore the shadows". > > > > Perception is rejected as a valid means of knowledge and > > we reject inference as a leap in the dark. Verbal testimony > > is a lie. In fact we reject all means of knowledge. > > > > Earth, water, fire, and air are reality. Enjoyment is the > > true end of human existence. Consciousness is a product > > of the elements, an epi-phenomenon, and the senses are > > the by-product of matter. > > > > There is no other world and no individual soul: death is > > liberation. There is no returning here again. The three > > authors of the Vedas were clowns, buffoons, and knaves. > > > > Eat, drink and be merry. Pleasure is a fact, desired by > > all. After all, all humans are animals, and satisfaction is > > as natural as life itself." > > > > > > Vatsyana: "No pleasure should be neglected." > > > > 'Complete Kama Sutra' > > By Alain Danielou > > Park Street Press, 1994 > > http://tinyurl.com/7qbx5hz <http://tinyurl.com/7qbx5hz> > > > > Note: If you have any doubts concerning this information > > you must be consulting with Sanjaya - he was neither a > > theist, an athiest nor a non-thiest nor a tarka, but a > > Skeptic who doubted everything. But, be forewarned to > > never to consult the works of one Charvaka or Gosala. > > >
