[Buddha-l] karma offset?

[Alex Wilding]

"Jayarava" wrote:
> So you believe that saying a mantra can offset the environmental damage
caused
> by cars. Chalk one up for superstition.
I have little enough interest in defending what I think and what I wrote;
none at all in defending words you put into my mouth.

> > Personally I came to see that it depends on the context: conventional
> > Buddhist, FWBO, non-Buddhist, all represent different contexts and give
> > the term different meanings.
> 
> Well yes, but this is to deny the general usage of the word. The context
changes the
> connotation but not the denotation.

I cannot understand you. In some contexts (the usual Buddhist one, I
contend) "ordained" refers to holding the 200+ vows of a monk or nun; you
tell us that in the FWBO it does not carry that meaning. Surely that is a
difference in denotation, not connotation?
                                    
All the best
Alex Wilding
Blog: http://chagchen.org/