Swept off one's feet (was Re: Tang's Agenda)( talk.religion.buddhism,alt.religion.buddhism.tibetan,alt.zen,alt.religion.buddhism)
Tang Huyen
Job ter Haar wrote:
Tang: <<So how can my mere words, posted on Usenet and visible only on
screens (and not delivered in person), so upset "accomplished Buddhists"
that they take it to be "harassment"? Isn't it the case that "7 world
tornadoes will not sweep them off their feet but 7 human words can"?>>
Job: <<You do have a point here, Tang.
It is essentially the same point non-practitioners often make when
confronted with the words of the Buddha: "How wonderful! Everything is the
Tathagatha."
This is their point: "The Buddha has said that everything is alright from
the beginning. Yeehaa! I am going to beat up my wife tonight.">>
Some people put on airs and claim this and that in Buddhism, but they have
never learnt any self-control, and go ballistic the instant anybody
challenges them.
They apparently think to themselves: "The Buddha has said that everything
is alright from the beginning. Yeehaa! I am going to blow up to manifest my
Buddha-nature!"
Tang Huyen