[Buddha-l] Speaking of simple minds

[Tom Troughton]

On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 21:53:09 +0200, Rob Hogendoorn wrote:

>There are some extensive discussions on this theme in Matthieu  
>Ricard's and Trinh Xuan Thuan's "The Quantum and the Lotus : A  
>Journey to the Frontiers Where Science and Buddhism Meet" (ISBN  
>1400080797) as well. Matthieu holds forth on some Buddhist arguments  
>against any type of creator, creative or organizing principle in many  
>places.

Are you saying that Ricard argues that the Buddhist idea of karma and
motivation as the principle condition of action leading to deluded
experience is not a creative or organising principle, and the agent
performing such actions is not the creator of such experience?
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Best wishes
Tom Troughton