Re: virus: Prisoners my Derrida!

Robin Faichney (robin@faichney.demon.co.uk)
Sat, 20 Mar 1999 10:00:55 +0000

In message <36F34FEA.55EB@c-realm.com>, KMO <kmo@c-realm.com> writes
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>The 4 Noble Truths
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>* Life involves suffering.
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>* Desire is the source of our suffering.

It might help to mention: many people these days consider "desire" to be a misleading translation, giving an unrealistically negative impression of Buddhist practice. "Attachment", as the cause of suffering, is usually considered both more accurate and less prejudicial. Of course, true belief in *anything* (even matter) is a form of attachment. Which is why Buddhists tend to be relatively open-minded. All Buddhist "canons" are actually means-to-an-end, none of them ends-in-themselves. Buddhism is not about knowing/believing what's supposedly true, but about developing a healthy, happy mindset.

-- 
Robin