Hi Tuukka, My name is Mark. 118 represents the atomic weight of ununoctium, the element with the highest molecular weight we humans have been able to make so far. Why I use it is a long story. I am a chemist of sorts.
No problem with the "misspelling" I kind of liked it. Sent laboriously from an iPhone, Mark On Jan 3, 2012, at 7:12 PM, Tuukka Virtaperko <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, I misspelled your name, 118. I hope that was not important. > > -Tuukka > > 4.1.2012 5:11, Tuukka Virtaperko kirjoitti: >> Hello 188, >> nice to meet you. >> >> 4.1.2012 2:58, 118 kirjoitti: >>> Is existence inherent? Hmmm... What the Buddhist would say is: NO! >>> They would treat everything like a rainbow. A rainbow does not exist >>> inherently because it requires causes. Therefore, there is nothing >>> one could point to as the actual essence of a rainbow, or anything for >>> that matter. A waterfall would be another example. Again, I do not >>> see this as Nihilistic, but more a shirking of responsibility, if this >>> was the sum total of Buddhism. This is what Marsha does not >>> understand. Buddhists are very responsible for Self. Therefore it >>> does exist. >> >> Could you tell me why a Buddhist would say so? >> >> Isn't "not requiring a cause" also just another cause? Why does the absence >> of inherent existence require a cause? Shouldn't it be the other way around? >> >> -Tuukka >> 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/md/archives.html >> > > 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/md/archives.html 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/md/archives.html
