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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>,
"WRYTING-L : Writing and Theory across Disciplines" <WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject: Hidden Sutra
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 22:40:09 -0400 (EDT)
Hidden Treasure :uoy ;nosirapmoc tuohtiw eb lliw uoy ,artus siht evresbo uoy fI eht si sihT:eht morf nwod dednah neeb sah hcihw hturt fo artus eht si sihT noitaicnune ruoY ::eht morf nwod dednah neeb sah hcihw hturt fo artus !artus siht daeR .gnihton dneherpmoc lliw uoy dna artus siht daeR ym seman !slavretni citammargoedi htiw noitressa :uoy ;nosirapmoc tuohtiw eb lliw uoy ,artus siht evresbo uoy fI eht si sihT:eht morf nwod dednah neeb sah hcihw hturt fo artus eht si sihT eht si sihT seoD ::eht morf nwod dednah neeb sah hcihw hturt fo artus uoy fI ruoy ecalper eht morf nwod dednah neeb sah hcihw hturt fo artus htiw noisicni ?uoy ;nosirapmoc tuohtiw eb lliw uoy ,artus siht evresbo !slavretni citammargoedi :uoy ;nosirapmoc tuohtiw eb lliw uoy ,artus siht evresbo uoy fI eht si sihT:eht morf nwod dednah neeb sah hcihw hturt fo artus eht si sihT seman noisicni ruoY ::eht morf nwod dednah neeb sah hcihw hturt fo artus !artus siht daeR .gnihton dneherpmoc lliw uoy dna artus siht daeR ym !slavretni citammargoedi htiw evitarepmi :uoy ;nosirapmoc tuohtiw eb lliw uoy ,artus siht evresbo uoy fI eht si sihT:eht morf nwod dednah neeb sah hcihw hturt fo artus eht si sihT noitaicnune ruoY ::eht morf nwod dednah neeb sah hcihw hturt fo artus !artus siht daeR .gnihton dneherpmoc lliw uoy dna artus siht daeR ym seman !slavretni citammargoedi htiw tpircsunam "I shall expound the phrase avasavattanatthena-anatta. As these flashes of lightning do not last long and do not possess essence, they will not yield to one's wishes. Just as it is not proper for one to say that these flashes of lightning will listen to one's words and that one has control over them, the physical and mental phenomena contained in the five consti- tuent groups of existence being impermanent, will not yield to the wishes of anyone. So it is not proper for one to delusively consider that the five constituent groups of existence will obey one's orders or that one has sway over then." (Sammadtthi Dipani, The Manual of Right Views, Ledi Sayadaw.) _