Posted by lil' jimi on June 21, 2003, at 15:36:41
In reply to Re: The Four Noble Truths, posted by lil' jimi on June 12, 2003, at 15:53:59
Greetings to everyone interested in Buddhism.
In my post about the Four Noble Truths last time, I wrote:
> One of the salient values of Buddhism is its appreciation the existence of suffering, along with its central focus on suffering as the central spiritual issue.
>Given the absence of any ability to edit our posts (a wisely chosen policy of Dr. Bob's), I must post this retraction of my errors, rather than erase and correct my mistake(s).
And that sentence above is a mistake, but only because I wrote it so poorly. The idea it is trying to express is valid and valuable. Here's my second attempt.
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The existence suffering is central to Buddhist spirituality. Buddhism begins with the acceptance that pain exists and the release from the state of suffering is the culmination the Buddhist path.
==============================================And for now that's what I think says it best or at least better than my first attempt.
Obviously Buddhism is still trying to show me the error(s) of my ways.
Peace,
~ jim
poster:lil' jimi
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URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faith/20030530/msgs/235894.html