[Buddha-l] Drama

[Richard Hayes]

On Wednesday 19 September 2007 10:38, Christopher Fynn wrote:

> Now I've always thought the view Stephan Beyer expressed in "The Buddhist
> Tradition" that Buddhism is more of a performing art than it is a religion
> or philosophy holds a lot of truth. Perhaps it would be interesting to
> shift your courses on Buddhism to the Drama/Performing arts department of
> your university?

Excellent idea. Now that the American education system has managed to populate 
most universities with students who cannot read, do math or find the planet 
earth on a globe, professors in this country have all had to become comedians 
and tragedians (depending on temperament). I'm meeting with the chair of the 
philosophy department later today, and I'll suggest to him that we change the 
name of our department to the Department of Thespian Pretensions. (Being a 
thespian these days is almost as popular as being bisexual.)

-- 
Richard Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico