> buddhapest wrote:
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>> "Tang Huyen" gmail.com[remove]> wrote in message
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>>>
>>>Noel Friesen wrote:
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>>>

>>>>"Tang Huyen"
>>>>
>>>>

>>>>>http://www.thezensite.com/ZenBookReviews/ZenWarStories.htm
>>>>>
>>>>>< >>>>>Victoria is too hard on Zen Buddhists. Thomas Kirchner, an
>>>>>American-born Myoshin-ji monk, who translated its World War
>>>>>II apology and those of other sects, argued that in the view of ...

> Lawson English wrote:
>

>> Robert Epstein wrote:
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>>> Tang Huyen wrote:
>>>

>>>>
>>>> Noel Friesen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>

>>>>> I'm not in favour of the Rape of Nanking but I can see how someone
>>>>> without
>>>>> any "internal norms or standards" could do such a thing. Morality
>>>>> belongs
>>>>> to the deva realms.

>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.thezensite.com/ZenBookReviews/ZenWarStories.htm ...

> buddhapest wrote:
>

>> "Tang Huyen" gmail.com[remove]> wrote in message
>> news:133aftgol0ttd94@news.supernews.com...
>>

>>>
>>>Noel Friesen wrote:
>>>
>>>

>>>>"Tang Huyen"
>>>>
>>>>

>>>>>http://www.thezensite.com/ZenBookReviews/ZenWarStories.htm
>>>>>
>>>>>< >>>>>Victoria is too hard on Zen Buddhists. Thomas Kirchner, an
>>>>>American-born Myoshin-ji monk, who translated its World War
>>>>>II apology and those of other sects, argued that in the view of ...

> Robert Epstein wrote:
>

>> Tang Huyen wrote:
>>

>>>
>>> Noel Friesen wrote:
>>>
>>>

>>>> I'm not in favour of the Rape of Nanking but I can see how someone
>>>> without
>>>> any "internal norms or...

> Tang Huyen wrote:
>

>>
>> Noel Friesen wrote:
>>
>>

>>> "Tang Huyen"
>>>
>>>

>>>> http://www.thezensite.com/ZenBookReviews/ZenWarStories.htm
>>>>
>>>> < >>>> Victoria is too hard on Zen Buddhists. Thomas Kirchner, an
>>>> American-born Myoshin-ji monk, who translated its World War
>>>> II apology and those of other sects, argued that in the view of
>>>> Japanese Zen leaders Mr. Victoria doesn't sufficiently explain
>>>> that ''conformist pressures on all Japanese that were immense.''>>
>>>>
>>>> The Buddha openly laughed at Brahmanical orthodoxy, which ...

> "Tang Huyen" gmail.com[remove]> wrote in message
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>>
>>Noel Friesen wrote:
>>
>>

>>>"Tang Huyen"
>>>
>>>

>>>>http://www.thezensite.c...

>
> Noel Friesen wrote:
>
>

>>"Tang Huyen"
>>
>>

>>>http://www.thezensite.com/ZenBookReviews/ZenWarStories.htm
>>>
>>>< >>>Victoria is too...

> Tang Huyen wrote:
>

>>
>> Noel Friesen wrote:
>>
>>

>>> I'm not in favour of the Rape of Nanking but I can see how someone
>>> without
>>> any "internal norms or standards" could do such a thing. Morality
>>> belongs
>>> to the deva realms.

>>
>>
>> http://www.thezensite.com/ZenBookReviews/ZenWarStories.htm
>>
>> < >> Victoria is too hard on Zen Buddhists. Thomas Kirchner, an
>> American-born Myoshin-ji monk, who translated its World War
>> II apology and those of other sects, argued that in the view of ...

>>>> An easy mistake... they hadn't been to England. :-)

>

>>> An easy mistake... Americans believe that America is God's country, dear.

>

>> I am from America and I do not believe that America is God's country. Is
>> this not a sterotype?

>
> American patriotism, love of technology, and Christianity may be a
> stereotype but it's brand America, as much as the car, blue jeans, and
> hamburgers. The numbers sez so.
>
> People say things. They may mean it at the time, just as much as they may be
> equally sincere about saying its equal and opposite at a later time. Things
> change, depending on focus.
>
> The same is true whether you're in politics, business, or a mere consumer of
> goods and services. As with all the hand waving over conciousness, it's so
> much hot air.
> ...