If you meet the Buddha...

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From: Argrath@aol.com
Date: Thu 07 Jul 1994 - 02:50:11 EEST


Urox:
Finally, someone who sees the obvious parallels between Islam and Malkionism! My preaching in the wilderness is ending.

I'd watch the use of the word "Kafir," though. It's derogatory enough in Arabic, but it's a racial epithet in South Africa.

You can talk about East Timor any time, as far as I'm concerned. It's certainly less rarified than Neo-Taoism.

Harald:
Thanks for the tale. Great, as usual.

Cullen:
Thanks for the attribution of the quote I posted. Lacking a computerized database of Chinese philosophy, I had no way to track it down, but I've always liked it. Anyway, in my defense,
"Some Taoist Sage" clearly marked it as something I knew was said
by a historical personage, rather than A. Nonymous, and I couldn't very well say "Some Dead Chinese Male," could I? Although Layman P'ang was a part of the Ch'an school of Buddhism (that's Zen to you and me), the Taoist element is strong in Ch'an. Besides, some Taoist probably said it first. ;-)

     My quote was as accurate as I can make it; perhaps I saw a different translation. I think Arthur Waley might have been the translator.

"If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him."

          ..
   I-hsuan, founder of the Lin-chi sect of Ch'an Buddhism

--Martin

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