[Buddha-l] Free Skeptic e-book

[Stuart Lachs]

Hi Dan,

Just read your post on B-L. Was struck with your "mujo (impermanence)
as Eternal Recurrence." The second I read it I thought "of course, a more 
positive
understanding looking at the same data so to speak." I wondered why I had 
never heard a
Budd./Zen/Chan type present this view of impermanence so succinctly and 
clearly.

Thank you very much Dan.

All the best,

Stuart



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Lusthaus" <vasubandhu at earthlink.net>
To: "Buddhist discussion forum" <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 2:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Free Skeptic e-book


> Eric wrote:
>>we know
>> that Jesus's birth day is the 17th of June
>
> (Adopting the skeptical tone:)
> Since, if he was born at all, it would have been either in Israel 
> (Nazareth)
> or Judea (Bethlehem), the day would be subsumed under the Jewish calendar,
> which has no "June". Nor was a census taken in year 1... nor would 
> shepherds
> be out in late December in the Jerusalem-Bethlehem area... etc.
>
> Most cultures have some sort of festival that provides lots of light and
> illumination at this time of year, since it is the coldest, darkest, 
> longest
> nights, etc., of the year, and therefore depressing. Time for a festival 
> to
> cheer people up with a light show and other heartwarming accouterments.
> Christmas successfully defers the depression/suicide period to Jan. and
> Feb. -- when the lights come down and the bills have to be paid.
>
> (Skepticism can be healthy -- it can also lead to cynicism)
>
> A heartwarming lesson about the first Noble Truth, and mujo (impermanence)
> as Eternal Recurrence.
>
> Dan
>
>
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