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Article #916Re: Ahimsa - a digression
From: Fred Welden
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 19:36
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 19:36
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In article <1992Nov10.174818.27937@watson.ibm.com>, ds@tejas.watson.ibm.com (Dinkar Sitaram) writes:
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||> They must
||> either be unaware of, or try not to think of, what goes on all the time
||> in their own bodies--their immune systems and their colons.]
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|This is also not quite correct. I am not completely familiar with these
|philosophies, but I believe that they accept that complete non-violence
|is impossible. Towards the end of one's life, one is expected to do
|penance for all the inadvertant violence one has committed.
This was admittedly an exaggeration. I was trying to get Jon Campbell
to think about what is going on in his own literary gut, as it were.
The other inaccuracies were just plain old ignorance, folks. Thanks to
Dinkar for setting me straight(er).
--
--Fred, or another blind 8th-century BC | sasafw@dobo.unx.sas.com
Hellenic poet of the same name. |
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ogicse!emory!gatech!concert!sas!mozart.unx.sas.com!sasafw From: sasafw@dobo.unx.sas.com (Fred Welden) Newsgroups: misc.writing Subject: Re: Ahimsa - a digression Message-ID: <BxIMGL.Iyr@unx.sas.com> Date: 10 Nov 92 19:36:20 GMT Article-I.D.: unx.BxIMGL.Iyr References: <92314.140929KVJLC@ASUACAD.BITNET> <BxIBD6.45x@unx.sas.com> <1992Nov10.174818.27937@watson.ibm.com> Sender: news@unx.sas.com (Noter of Newsworthy Events) Organization: Dobonia Lines: 20 Originator: sasafw@dobo.unx.sas.com Nntp-Posting-Host: dobo.unx.sas.com