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To: Solon who wrote (26472)	5/27/2012 5:47:28 PM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36574

There is nothing new under the sun, eh! The thinking of Schopenhauer has often been compared to Buddhist thought. In one narrative you have "God" cursing the fig tree ( his creation ) which doesn't demontrate much love for his creatures really does it ? But he does go on to die for them or gets in enough trouble to warrant death as many 100's of 1000's did in those times meeting the same fate . Real bitch of a world to be sure but where does it all start & how do we end this endless cycle of violence ? And they think there is some profound wisdom in this petulent behavior which is disturbing for the anger it displays when something as harmless as a tree could cause some imagined offense. Is there a need to know about the afterlife ? Is there a need to know about a God or Supernatural being behind all things ? For all the preaching & sermons does it change the world we live in or the facts of our existence, one bit . In Buddhism this is one of the most sacred sites known like Mecca or Jerusalem and isn't it sort of ironic its the Boddhi Tree /Ficus religiosa, the same tree Jesus cursed in the bible , the Fig Tree. en.wikipedia.org