GRGR: Mondaugen as bodhisattva

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Wed Jan 26 20:07:30 CST 2000


In a message dated 01/26/2000 10:35:56 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
millison at online-journalist.com writes:

<< The bodhisattva is an enlightened being who postpones entry
 into Nirvana (escape from the wheel of reincarnation) in order to help
 other humans achieve enlightenment, an act of mercy. Hardly the description
 I'd apply to a Nazi officer who has "found a rapprochement here among the
 rockets" >>
Reminds me of the zen koan:  "when you find the Buddha on the road you are 
traveling, kill him."



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