[Buddha-l] Bangladesh Muslim lovefest

[Dan Lusthaus]

So Buddhism without responsibility, people, or groups. No Buddhists, no 
sangha, karma happening disembodiedly to no one by no one. Erik's version at 
least acknowledged that karma includes incurring obligations to those 
against whom one has wronged. In some people's jargon that translates as 
"responsibility."

When Buddha called someone on the rug, he used the person's name, and didn't 
hesitate to call some wrong-headed dolt a "fool" or similar term with 
negative implications. The issue for Buddha was accuracy (praise what is 
praiseworthy, blame what is blameworthy), not deliberate attempts to avoid 
or obfuscate negative actions in oneself or others or groups (e.g., the 
above applies to the sangha, not just individual Buddhists - check the 
Brahmajala sutta, first section).

Using a confused intermixing of paramarthic and samvrtic discourses to 
pretend neither individuals nor groups incur karma is moha on a grand level. 
Karma by individuals and groups is samvritic.

Dan