Re: Buddhists Protesting?

On Sep 25, 8:52 pm, "possum" <zen102...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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Julian wrote:

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Julian wrote:
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If everything is as it should be why do they protest? Why get
involved in worldly affairs?

Buddhists are free to do whatever they want, any old time.

At least they have been since the Buddha died...

Early Buddhism was excessively moral in tone and pedantically
trivial in
both precept and practice and one can't help feeling some
sympathy with
Subhadra who, on hearing of the Buddha's death, sighed
with relief and said... 'Now we shan't have to do this and not
do that!'

You should check your history books mate...
Buddhists have been creating political mischief for millenia.

Why?

Usually it is by invitation of one form or another..
Sometimes the governors beseech them,
at other times the governed.

Why do they listen?

They have ears and self denial isn't Buddhism AFAIK.

Why do they act?

Jeez... ask them FFS!

ps. Were it any of your business
I expect they would have briefed you already.

If you cannot partake in this exercise please be quiet.

No.

I am making you walk in circles like a dog chained to a post!

does a dog have buddha nature?

Mu. No nature. That the dog has no nature is it's buddha nature.

(Not that it matters to this conversation, I just think it's nice to
see the question correctly answered every once in a while.)

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