Comments on: Fake Buddha Quote: “Suffering, if it does not diminish love, will transport you to the furthest shore.” http://www.bodhipaksa.com/archives/fake-buddha-quote-of-the-day-2 random thoughts of a western buddhist Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:43:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bodhipaksa http://www.bodhipaksa.com/archives/fake-buddha-quote-of-the-day-2/comment-page-1#comment-77552 bodhipaksa Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:35:55 +0000 http://www.bodhipaksa.com/?p=2539#comment-77552 It's not even a question of it being inconsistent with what the Buddha said. For it to be a fake quote it simply has to be words that the Buddha isn't recorded as having said and that have been put into his mouth. I could invent something, for example, that Shakespeare could have said and attribute it to him. It's still a fake quote. In this case the language is entirely inconsistent with our records of the Buddha's teachings. How consistent this "quote" is with what the Buddha said depends on how you interpret it. From a Buddhist perspective there is nothing in this impermanent world that is capable of satisfying our longings for wholeness and freedom from suffering, and so we could say that suffering (or at least dissatisfaction) is what propels us along the spiritual path. I just <a href="http://www.wildmind.org/blogs/quote-of-the-month/barbara-sher-we-are-like-violins" rel="nofollow">wrote a piece today</a> about how we wrongly search for happiness, so I won't repeat myself here. It’s not even a question of it being inconsistent with what the Buddha said. For it to be a fake quote it simply has to be words that the Buddha isn’t recorded as having said and that have been put into his mouth. I could invent something, for example, that Shakespeare could have said and attribute it to him. It’s still a fake quote. In this case the language is entirely inconsistent with our records of the Buddha’s teachings.

How consistent this “quote” is with what the Buddha said depends on how you interpret it. From a Buddhist perspective there is nothing in this impermanent world that is capable of satisfying our longings for wholeness and freedom from suffering, and so we could say that suffering (or at least dissatisfaction) is what propels us along the spiritual path. I just wrote a piece today about how we wrongly search for happiness, so I won’t repeat myself here.

]]> By: Rob R http://www.bodhipaksa.com/archives/fake-buddha-quote-of-the-day-2/comment-page-1#comment-77551 Rob R Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:24:29 +0000 http://www.bodhipaksa.com/?p=2539#comment-77551 So for those of us who haven't studied a great deal of Buddhism, what of this is inconsistent with what Gautama said? For that matter, could any of these alleged Buddha quotes just belong to some other Buddha. Course I think the quote is short cited in that suffering can provide a context where love may be challenged to go deeper and become greater. So for those of us who haven’t studied a great deal of Buddhism, what of this is inconsistent with what Gautama said? For that matter, could any of these alleged Buddha quotes just belong to some other Buddha.

Course I think the quote is short cited in that suffering can provide a context where love may be challenged to go deeper and become greater.

]]> By: goblinbox http://www.bodhipaksa.com/archives/fake-buddha-quote-of-the-day-2/comment-page-1#comment-77550 goblinbox Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:32:06 +0000 http://www.bodhipaksa.com/?p=2539#comment-77550 Astonishing, isn't it?! People make up and attribute quotes all the time. It's amazing what Einstein and Mark Twain are supposed to have said. Astonishing, isn’t it?! People make up and attribute quotes all the time. It’s amazing what Einstein and Mark Twain are supposed to have said.

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