ATTN JMS: Enlightenment through laughter

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Subject: ATTN JMS: Enlightenment through laughter
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+  1: May  3, 1996: Raymond Francis Fitzpatrick <fitz at jove.acs.unt.edu>
+  3: May  5, 1996: Stephen Langasek <langasek at worf.netins.net>
*  4: May  6, 1996: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)

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From: Raymond Francis Fitzpatrick <fitz at jove.acs.unt.edu>
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I'm interested in finding out more about the Buddhist sect you described in 
a S2 
ep about laughter being a key factor in enlightenment. I can't find any 
refrence to it real life, although not for lack of trying. Point me in 
the right direction?

MFinn

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From: Stephen Langasek <langasek at worf.netins.net>
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Louis-Dominique Dubeau wrote:
> I'm a Zen Buddhist myself and never heard about a Buddhist sect that uses
> laughter as a mean of enlightenment.  JMS, probably invent this sect as he
> invented the monastic order Theo belongs to.  This is a wise decision.

There's nothing invented about the Dominicans.  They've been around for hundreds of 
years already (you may know them from Spanish Inquisition fame?--yet another sign of 
the elemental truth of Monty Python, incidentally).

                                 -Steve
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The opinions expressed above are not necessarily those of my employer...
But they *should* be, dammit!

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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
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Nuts...I'll have to go drag out my Zen books on this one...it's a
reference I came upon for "the laughing buddha," which features a very old
painting of same, and the thoughts on laughter and enlightenment.  That
might be a good reference point for starting off, at least.



 jms

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