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tantidharo

Age: 54 Gender:  Zodiac:  Joined: 06 May 2006 Posts: 71 Location: Singapore 402.88 points
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Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:52 am Post subject: the japanese thread (towards an open source proprietarity) |
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A statement:
| Quote: | | "...liberally educated Japanese monks comprise the only group of clerics I know with the cultural refinement and intellectual valour to readily consider that a fellow Buddhist priest could embrace the spirit of yoga and Vedanta and have no qualms or conniptions about it." |
From Public Presentation
http://bauddhamata.blogspot.com/2007/02/public-presentation.html
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tantidharo

Age: 54 Gender:  Zodiac:  Joined: 06 May 2006 Posts: 71 Location: Singapore 402.88 points
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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:17 am Post subject: traditions are narratives retrofitted |
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| Quote: | | "But remember; traditions are narratives that are retrofitted to suit the narrator's changing needs. The proprietary myth of spiritual legitimacy is simply too clichГ© for my own current needs." |
td harris, "Public Presentation"
http://bauddhamata.blogspot.com/2007/02/public-presentation.html |
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