Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id KAA10046 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Mon, 12 Feb 2001 10:11:24 GMT Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 10:06:59 +0000 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Soul and Self Message-ID: <20010212100659.C1226@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <20010212033102.AAA9906@camailp.harvard.edu@[205.240.180.74]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.12i In-Reply-To: <20010212033102.AAA9906@camailp.harvard.edu@[205.240.180.74]>; from wade_smith@harvard.edu on Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 10:32:47PM -0500 From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 10:32:47PM -0500, Wade T.Smith wrote:
> Hi Robin Faichney -
>
> >OK, so what, exactly, is wrong with saying what I think the Buddha said?
>
> If it's OK with the Budd, it's OK with me.
>
> Strange though it is to hear that one thinks he knows the expert opinion
> of a mostly legendary personality.
No one can know such things. But we are free to express our opinions
based on years of study of acres of print devoted to just this issue.
> http://www.acay.com.au/~silkroad/buddha/h_life.htm#The Life of Buddha
>
> "The historical fact is...
<snip>
> The Buddha himself wrote nothing. His teaching was communicated entirely
> orally and the details we have today are from the writings many years
> after his death. When he was about to die, at the age of eighty, he lay
> down on his right side, and urged his followers to ask him questions. At
> this point, however, they were all silent. Then he spoke his final words,
> which were: "All component things decay, work on your own salvation with
> diligence."
You rely on a source that claims to know his last words? What's happened
to your skepticism, Wade?
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