Comments on: Fuggedaboutit! http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2009/05/27/fuggedaboutit/ My life as a father, Buddhist and Japanophile / Koreaphile. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:48:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Doug http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2009/05/27/fuggedaboutit/#comment-2735 Sat, 30 May 2009 14:29:53 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=4028#comment-2735 Justeliese: Glad to be of help. :)

Stephen: I love that poem too. Simple and so true.

ロバート I remember reading Marcus Aurelius in the school library one time long ago in high school, and really liked it, but it was pretty advanced reading for a 17year old. It’s nice to see that stuff again, and the quote you pointed out is so true. :)

]]> By: ロバート http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2009/05/27/fuggedaboutit/#comment-2727 Thu, 28 May 2009 09:07:34 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=4028#comment-2727 I always think of Marcus Aurelius when I read these posts.
Meditations has been redone in Blog form.
his “fuggedaboutit” post his here:-
http://marcus-aurelius-meditations.blogspot.com/2009/04/begin-morning-by-saying-to-thyself-i.html
(although the Penguin translation has more natural sounding modern English)

]]> By: Stephen http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2009/05/27/fuggedaboutit/#comment-2726 Thu, 28 May 2009 06:26:03 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=4028#comment-2726 The full quote is worth reading (I shortened it because the matter at hand was coming back to help others, not religious debates).
http://jodomission.netfirms.com/wod_pt2_ch31.htm

There was a satirical Japanese Poem I read once, it goes something like,

In religious debate,
Buddha loses.

Best wishes to you Elise,
And you don’t need to give me any credit Doug, they aren’t my words, but the Master’s.

]]> By: justelise http://japanlifeandreligion.com/2009/05/27/fuggedaboutit/#comment-2725 Wed, 27 May 2009 23:25:17 +0000 http://nihonshukyo.wordpress.com/?p=4028#comment-2725 Thanks for posting this, Doug. It really put things in perspective for me today. People will believe what is convenient to them regardless of reality, and it’s a waste of time and effort to try to convince them otherwise, even if you do it in the essence of helping them. Everything you posted here is dead on. You totally made my day!

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