Edgar, You line of reasoning assumes that all people have attachments.
I contend that this is not so, and I contend that even if the vast majority of people do have attachments they can drop them. That is why I do not believe there is some 1:1 relationship between the number of people and suffering (which is due to attachment). ...BIll! --- In [email protected], Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote: > > Bill, > > Duuuh! The more people the more attachments and since the carrying capacity > of the Earth has ALREADY been exceeded the more suffering per person... > > Edgar > > > > On Nov 28, 2012, at 8:04 PM, Bill! wrote: > > > Edgar, > > > > Not necessarily. The amount of suffering (in the Buddhist sense)is not > > dependent upon the number of people. The amount of suffering is dependent > > upon attachments. > > > > ...Bill! > > > > --- In [email protected], Edgar Owen <edgarowen@> wrote: > > > > > > RAF, > > > > > > Yes, the coming population crash will certainly massively increase the > > > amount of suffering in the world... > > > > > > Edgar > > > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 27, 2012, at 11:07 PM, R A Fonda wrote: > > > > > > > On 11/27/2012 4:46 PM, Chris Austin-Lane wrote: > > > > > > > >> Needs to spend a bit of time not doing in order to live as we can > > > >> live! > > > > > > > > Yes, Wu Li ... yet again a concept I was recently discussing with > > > > Edgar, in regard to the (on my view, imminent and inevitable) > > > > population crash. > > > > > > > > RAF > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
