I think when given a choice Guatama Buddha would have chosen tails 62% of the time...Bill!
--- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote: > > Steve, > Â > What do you think is Gotama's viewpoint? I believe he put a lot of emphasis > on karma, which is deterministic. > Â > Anthony > > --- On Mon, 4/4/11, SteveW <eugnostos2000@...> wrote: > > > From: SteveW <eugnostos2000@...> > Subject: Re: [Zen] Why bother with Zazen? Better a Roulette > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, 4 April, 2011, 1:31 AM > > > Â > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@> wrote: > > > > Steve, > > ÃÂ > > You are smart enough to cover both 'chance' and 'necessity'. These two also > > include all four: > > ÃÂ > > God, > > Fate, > > Chance, and > > Chaos. > > ÃÂ > > Nobody can argue with you. > > ÃÂ > > The question remains whether 'chance' has some 'necessity' elements, like > > in the case of Heisenburg Uncertainty Prinicple. From the uncertain > > location and velocity, it leads to the certainty of probability and all the > > way to quantum mechanics. > > ÃÂ > > Anthony > > > > Anthony, I am not trying to dodge the question! What I have said is the > > generally accepted scientific view at this time. Reality is probabilistic, > > not rigidly determined. BTW, you are probably well educated on Buddhism > > enough to know that Gotama vigorously opposed the view-point of the Hindu > > Gosala, who was a determinist. Gosala's view-point was likely similar to > > Advaita Vedanta today. > Steve > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
