[Buddha-l] Enlightenment vs The Enlightenment

[jkirk]

--- On Fri, 7/8/09, jkirk <jkirk at spro.net> wrote:

> One can still attack the mumbo jumbo of politicians, 
> deconstructionists and "spirituals" of various sorts (always of
course 
> remembering to relate it to the main topic of the list), but
even 
> doing that has provoked in the past some sharp protest.

The list produces sharp protest even without provocation! 

I think the reason that Buddhists and scholars alike react
against heterodoxy can, extending Schopen's argument about the
monastics, be boiled down to *control of resources*.

Regards
Jayarava
================
Ah yes, turf protection. Ubiquitous, isn't it. The old
Pleistocene animal at work.

JK 





      

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