[Buddha-l] Bourgeois Buddhism

Kobutsu Malone kobutsu at engaged-zen.org
Fri Sep 30 16:33:50 MDT 2011


I'll try again...

If someone says they're Buddhist, but I don't see it – so what?  I'm  
not going to argue with them, that sort of encounter is not likely to  
go anywhere.  If I said anything at all, it would be along the lines  
of, "That's nice..."



Kobutsu




On Sep 30, 2011, at 2:33 PM, Stefan Detrez wrote:

Dear Kobutsu

I don't understand what you're saying, I'm sorry. Can you answer the
question directly?

Thank you,

Stefan

Antwerp, Belgium
Op 30 sep. 2011 20:24 schreef "Kobutsu Malone" <kobutsu at engaged- 
zen.org> het
volgende:
> It's perhaps like when a politician says they are honest... or "I'm
> not a crook!"
>
> It doesn't present a problem, it's just somebody else saying they
> "are" this or that.
>
> Maybe, maybe not... no skin off this nose either way.
>
>
> Kobutsu
>
>
>
>
> On Sep 30, 2011, at 4:11 AM, Stefan Detrez wrote:
>
> Dear Kobutsu,
>
> What if someone says they're Buddhist, but you don't see it?
>
> All the best,
>
> Stefan
>
> Antwerp, Belgium
> Op 30 sep. 2011 01:06 schreef "Kobutsu Malone" <kobutsu at engaged-
> zen.org> het
> volgende:
>> Ok... my first post here:
>>
>>
>> Buddhism is like pornography.... I can't define it, but I know it  
>> when
>> I see it!
>>
>> Buddhadharma.... is a different matter all together.
>>
>>
>>
>> Kobutsu Malone
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