Guest guest Posted October 12, 2001 Report Share Posted October 12, 2001 Tony O'Clery [aoclery] Daily Words of the Buddha That bhikkhu who has crossed the mire, Crushed the thorn of sensual desire, And reached the destruction of delusion Is not perturbed by pleasures and pains. ************************* Hooray for the bhikku! Good for him! :-). Harsha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2001 Report Share Posted October 12, 2001 On 10/12/01 at 8:28 AM Harsha wrote: º ºTony O'Clery [aoclery] º ºDaily Words of the Buddha º ºThat bhikkhu who has crossed the mire, ºCrushed the thorn of sensual desire, ºAnd reached the destruction of delusion ºIs not perturbed by pleasures and pains. º************************* ºHooray for the bhikku! ºGood for him! :-). º ºHarsha Not really - cheering the removal of the pain of the pleasure of an imagined 'self' is like celebrating the birthday of an old corpse The paradox of the quote is that to whom it applies, it no longer applies Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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