Greetings Khoo, I will read, but, but, but,,,
We are what we think All that we are arrises with out thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world -Dhammapada What do you think? Marsha On Jan 24, 2010, at 7:42 AM, Khoo Hock Aun wrote: > But Marsha, > > Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, > Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat; > > But there is neither East nor West. Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, > When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of > the earth! > > There is a gem of a piece on Ruddy at > http://www.f.waseda.jp/buda/texts/ballad.html. Enjoy! > > Best regards > Khoo Hock Aun > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 5:38 PM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Hello Khoo, >> >> I do not understand why Bo says such things. I think/hope/believe/feel the >> MoQ a bridge between the Wisdom of the East and the intellect (science) >> of the West. >> >> >> Marsha >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Jan 21, 2010, at 4:21 AM, Khoo Hock Aun wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> >>> Bo concludes after commenting on the half-baked SOM of the Orient and the >>> woolly mess in its wake that: >>> >>> The Western MOQ will be a better "Buddhism"! >>> >>> Khoo: >>> I would certainly like to see this if it were to be so: } >>> >>> What are we talking about here: >>> An intellectual pattern better than another intellectual pattern ? >>> A Dynamic aspect better than its Static aspect? >>> A better route than another route to Reality? >>> >>> Is there a Western MOQ to begin with ? >>> I do not remember Pirsig saying as such >>> in either ZAMM or LILA ? >>> >>> In what way will it be better ? >>> The way Muslims say Islam is better ? >>> The way Christians says theirs is better ? >>> Science says its better, because they seek the Truth, >>> Nothing less nothing more. >>> >>> Is this what the Western MOQ is about ? >>> Truth Seeking, Reality Seeking, Morally Speaking ? >>> Evolution on to Better State, >>> Or an Ultimate Reality, an Ultimate Good ? >>> That is better than the other "Good"s? >>> Always better, never lesser. >>> >>> I wonder. >>> >>> The Buddha after all did say" What I have taught you is like the leaves >> in >>> my hand >>> and what I have not taught you is like the leaves in the jungle" >>> >>> Perhaps Buddhism as a Metaphysics is indeed insufficient >>> and a Western MOQ will make up the difference. >>> >>> Best Regards >>> Khoo Hock Aun >>> Moq_Discuss mailing list >>> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >>> Archives: >>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >>> http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________________________________ >> >> Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars... >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Moq_Discuss mailing list >> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >> Archives: >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >> http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ >> > > > > -- > > [email protected] > 6016-301 4079 > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ _______________________________________________________________________ Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars... Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
