Recently, I read a poem by William Cullen Bryant called 'Thanatopsis' on the nature of death and our somewhat muddled perception of it. Now I am by no means a fan of reading poetry nor writing as I …

That I.B. Horner Translation reads nothing like the translations I've found of this sutta. The style is completely different. I also cannot seem to locate any passages that correspond to this trans…

Friends:

Normally, I don't quote from other religious books, but:

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Simon, there are some passages where attan is not treated in a negative way. Here is one. This is I.B. Horner's translation:

Trying to read human history, and tracing our roots from the primitive writers we were from the Bible, seems pretty fresh and interesting to me... Metaphorically-speaking of course...

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(kind of a long read)

I thought the Panchem Lama was still missing? I saw the below article a second ago... Is this just chinese propaganda?