Kind of contrary: Buddhism looks at the bright site of life. (Well, this is
only my poor understanding of the philosophy. Mostly likely I won't know it
until I really practice it to a certain Buddhist level.)

Buddhism came originally as an religion to substitute Brahmanism for rich
class in ancient India (rich people then hardly lived well with Brahmanism),
the later views life very bitter. While it may appear very complicate or
sometimes strange, it consists mainly of logics, peace and beautiful
imaginations. Chinese/Korean/Japanese painting art (or should I say, Eastern
culture as a whole?), for example, reached a much higher level after
Buddhism was introduced and spread.

Li Bei (Ribaku), if I remember correctly, was a Buddhist.


Hongguang


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Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 4:07 AM
Subject: Re: Pound's nomination to Writers Corner


> Yo Mo Fo
> Take a look at my translation of the Anglo-Saxon poem known as "The
> Wanderer" and you'll see a western mind struggling with the memory of a
> massacre and the destruction of his paideuma. Is his resignation
comparable
> to the Buddhist worldview?
> Tim
> www.aimsdata.com/tim
>
>