tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30321121.post2817404884813968727..comments2024-03-18T21:52:53.357+05:30Comments on Cuckoo's call: Tending water buffaloes: Buddharamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30321121.post-79458438544749238792006-10-26T14:12:00.000+05:302006-10-26T14:12:00.000+05:30Hullo! Thank you Irving! Yves - I'm sure the Buddh...Hullo! Thank you Irving! Yves - I'm sure the Buddha himself would have been the first to commend your spirit and wish you well in your pursuits. More, discerning your make-up and sensibility, he is likely to have seen you as a friend! He had taught about the raft being only a means for crossing the river, not something to cling to after reaching the bank. One can also choose to interpret "tavern", "theatre", <br />"fame", "wealth" etc in one's own terms, in the context of one's own self-defined quest or being. Best, ramaramahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07762427741454619332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30321121.post-27647436198336832372006-10-26T10:04:00.000+05:302006-10-26T10:04:00.000+05:30Thank goodness I am not a buddhist. I can visit ta...Thank goodness I am not a buddhist. I can visit tavern and theatre when I wish, and need not worry about avoiding the other things mentioned - fame, wealth and sexual pleasure. I can trust my own instincts as a wonderful creation of nature and not be enslaved to some false promise of a fussy monkmaster.Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30321121.post-91253276474546243142006-10-25T21:16:00.000+05:302006-10-25T21:16:00.000+05:30A wonderful post :) This buffalo boy has been tend...A wonderful post :) This buffalo boy has been tending his herd for 15 years, and still is struggling to learn the points :)<br /><br />Ya Haqq!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com