[Buddha-l] Rebirth and a Footnote

[Peter D. Junger]

I have just posted the following entry in my blog at 
<samsara-blog.blogspot.com>:

                     My Favorite Footnote

  My favorite footnote is footnote 8 in Robert Nozick's State, 
  Anarchy, Utopia (1974) where he quotes an old Yiddish joke:

    "Life is so terrible, it would be better never to have been 
     born."

    "Yes, but how many are so lucky? Not one in a thousand."

  This takes on especial significance in the context of the 
  Buddhist teaching that the goal of Buddhist practice is to free 
  oneself--and others--from the cycle of rebirth.

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Peter D. Junger--Case Western Reserve University Law School--Cleveland, OH
 EMAIL: junger at samsara.law.cwru.edu    URL:  http://samsara.law.cwru.edu