checking out the library book / Love - massively OT, mostly

[Barry Arrowsmith]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, ewe2 <ewetoo at g...> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2005 at 03:12:48PM -0000, Barry Arrowsmith wrote:
> > 
> > And inaccurate to  boot.
> > Buddhism holds that the world is a transient reflex *of the deity*;
> > that the soul is a vital spark *of the diety*.
> > 
> 
> Which Buddhism is this?
> 

Classical Tibetan/Indian. Don't ask for their names 'cos I  can't remember.
But if you enter 'Buddhist deities' in your search engine you'll find 'em.

Certainly doesn't apply to Zen, though. That appeared quite late in the
day (comparatively speaking) over 1000 years after the original sects
and is classified and described as 'a contemplative philosophy'. Some
have questioned whether Zen is mainstream Buddhism and consider it
a philosophical offshoot.
Me, I'm staying out of that one. I'd be a fool to offer an opinion. 


Kneasy