Subject: Re: Buddhas and short stories.
From: LR Pearson, Arts 99 (lp9616@bristol.ac.uk)
Date: Mon Mar 04 2002 - 13:18:55 EST
On Fri, 01 Mar 2002 17:15:04 -0500 patrick spain <patspain@hotmail.com>
wrote:
the only recollection I have of the Buddha weeping was when a close friend of his died...he was called on it by a student asking about impermenance and his teachings of all life as an illusion anyway so why was he weeping? The Buddha replied that some illusions are stronger than others and he was sad that he could not see and speak to his friend on earth anymore...hope this helps!
-Pat
Pat,
( Are you new to the list? Or just a lurker? Your name doesn't seem
familiar. Well, welcome [back]).
Thanks for that. If that story is the source of the weeping Buddhas
that i saw, it says something very interesting about the tradition of
Buddhism they belong to. I'd love to know more. Like Will, I find it
very appealing to think that the Buddha was still able to value the
illusions of himan life, when they are important illusion. I respect
and like much of (the very little) Buddhist doctrine that I know, but I
do find the concept of total detachment dangerously close to sterility.
This story seems to emphasise that detachment doesn't mean a lack of
humanity.
Lucy-Ruth
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