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**Piemonedmow** · 08-16-2010, 08:33 PM

Originally Posted by jan This, to me, is the essence of rebirth, and karma - the lot. So, although I still know next to nothing of the guy, definitely not an editing issue as far as I am concerned.

Dear Jan

All I can say is your point of view is mere speculation.

I listened to this guy speak in person when he as alive possibly over 50 times.

There is either a translation issue here or it is a kind of play with words to reinforce a point, that is, something like "me and mine" is so strong in the mind of humans that even death cannot cease its babbling.

It is definitely not the way this guy taught.

Any work translated by Donald K Swearer represents probably the earliest English translations, where Buddhadasa would not have worked intimately with the translator.

The original lecture would not have been spoken to a Western audience.

Kind regards

E

Hey Element. Interesting. Me and mine is embedded in a falsified reality that persists. For instance, people regularly dream of diseased family members and this effects their current world. This is interwoven with associated beliefs that tend to hang around for a bit also, often millennia, as part of more general cultural beliefs.

So I like that. Possibly the guy's been misquoted, and he isn't as cool as I think he is, but the Quote Aloka-D gave, I liked also: http://www.buddhismwithoutboundaries...38793#msg38793

But I agree (even with me thinking I have awesome intuition) two quotes isn't a helluvalot. Time will tell.

08-16-2010, 08:33 PM	#7
Piemonedmow Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 406 Senior Member	Originally Posted by jan This, to me, is the essence of rebirth, and karma - the lot. So, although I still know next to nothing of the guy, definitely not an editing issue as far as I am concerned. Dear Jan All I can say is your point of view is mere speculation. I listened to this guy speak in person when he as alive possibly over 50 times. There is either a translation issue here or it is a kind of play with words to reinforce a point, that is, something like "me and mine" is so strong in the mind of humans that even death cannot cease its babbling. It is definitely not the way this guy taught. Any work translated by Donald K Swearer represents probably the earliest English translations, where Buddhadasa would not have worked intimately with the translator. The original lecture would not have been spoken to a Western audience. Kind regards E Hey Element. Interesting. Me and mine is embedded in a falsified reality that persists. For instance, people regularly dream of diseased family members and this effects their current world. This is interwoven with associated beliefs that tend to hang around for a bit also, often millennia, as part of more general cultural beliefs. So I like that. Possibly the guy's been misquoted, and he isn't as cool as I think he is, but the Quote Aloka-D gave, I liked also: http://www.buddhismwithoutboundaries...38793#msg38793 But I agree (even with me thinking I have awesome intuition) two quotes isn't a helluvalot. Time will tell.
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