On Jan 24, 2010, at 9:38 PM, Khoo Hock Aun wrote: > Khoo: > 2) Marsha, the quotation in full can be found here. > http://www.thebigview.com/buddhism/dhammapada-01.html. The quote correctly > applies for the individual, but as I tried to invert, also for the group as > a whole. What they collectively think and agree to think as the > norm, manifests as the world we find ourselves in. For instnace, if the rest > of the world wants to get caught up in a pissing contest, chances are if I > hang around, I will get caught up in the crossfires. What I make of all the > piss in the wind is another thing altogether; and I have been in one too > many to know that to get the best out of it is to stay out of it.
Thank you for the reference Khoo. I am presently rereading 'In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon', but the Dhammapada looks wonderful. Marsha _______________________________________________________________________ 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/
