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To: nihil who wrote (31926)	10/21/2000 7:38:55 PM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 39621

However you want to depict these cultures and societies and interpret their beliefs and history....but they won't be converting to your form of ritual or dogma, and and form of worship anytime soon . That is a given. That there are different forms of Buddhism in Japan, is a non-event. Buddhist freely use and enter each others temples when they travel from country to country. So this is nearing 3 1/2 bil people that will choose to continue to evolve in ways of spiritual growth other than Christianity.... or maybe you would rather try to understand one another ? I didn't include the 1 bil Moslems.... You are still trying to associate the practice of Buddhism with the aggressions of past centuries of Japan, China, and Southest Asia? Maybe you would like to conjure up a picture of what these societies and cultures would have been with an alternative history , had the teachings of Buddhism never reached them ? Warrior Monks? Yes there have been warrior monks wherever the rulers, tyrants, corrupt politicians and aggressors , needed to be challenged and the poor defended. Jesus was a warrior monk too, in the sense he never wavered from his truth and defied the authorities and powers tht be. You do remember the 15 monks in Vietnam that sacrificed themselves to draw attention to our aggression and support of corrupt regimes in their Country: gs.cdnow.com They were a greater thorn in our side than history remembers. And we had no part in the death and destruction of 2mil Vietnmese or in supporting Pol Pot for all those years, supplying him with arms, even his representation to the United Nations ? I for one am extremely pleased to know that there are giant bronze statues of Buddha all throughout Japan and Asia , and probably soon to return in China in another few generations(only a matter of time.) And it will be for the better for the human race when that occurs. These societies with Buddhism at their core , now are the most peacful and crime~free in the world in present day. That they are Aetheists and Animists? You would not learn from the study of animals or use them as metaphor "Jesus the Lamb" etc? Anything to undermine what you don't understand. But don't be mislead that Buddhist and Hindus are poor ignorant godless peoples , they are producing the most advanced and educated people on the planet , as you well know professor. What a Buddhist seek within themselves are as valid as anything you might seek. And the story is far from over, how the world will progress. I wouldn't underestimate the Truths that were taught by a great Master, who is still venerated today far and wide and who's teachings thrive today 2500 years later. That must say something of what it is that is truely offered. Maybe Truth perhaps?