Sunday, April 16, 2006


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"The true Buddha word always speaks of emptiness, rings of emptiness, and anything which does not ring of emptiness is not the word of the Buddha."
Ajahn Buddhadasa
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5 Comments:

Blogger Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D. said...

Indeed, and so we have the game "Ring around the emptiness," and also the detergent commercial "Ring around the collar." Has a nice ring to it.

Ok. I will behave.

11:55 AM  
Blogger Nathaniel said...

I can remember the day at school, after I had read the Dhammapada, when I realized that by reaching emptiness I could achieve completeness. I smiled (which probably made the people walking around me confused).

2:06 PM  
Blogger Dan said...

The same smile that Mahakasyapa had!

10:13 PM  
Blogger Nathaniel said...

I believe the proper response would be
:)

12:04 PM  
Blogger Dan said...

You must be lying on your right side...

12:20 PM  

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