User talk:Quantumbuddha

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Ishmael
Let me add my welcome as well. I'm afraid I reverted all of your changes to Ishmael (disambiguation) because WP:MOSDAB, the policy intended to describe how the disambiguation pages are suppose to work, indicates that we should only link the articles for the key word of the page. The idea is to get the reader to the page they are looking for quickly, not to be the source of information itself. But I'm glad you were bold and did make changes you thought were useful. Please don't let me discourage you! John (Jwy) 07:40, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Bhagavad Gita
Hello Quantumbuddha, I appreciate your tolerance (of me) and your sense of humour on the Bhagavad Gita discussion page. It makes a refreshing change. It's a fascinating subject of debate & study (the dating of the Bhagavad Gita). I thought you may find the below link interesting from a historical perspective?? Apologies for taking your time if it does not.
 * ICJ Article

As I'm not much of an historian I tend to take the approach - 'If something works, then great. I don't really care how old historians can prove it to be'. Especially when according to Krishna at the start of chapter four, this Bhagavad Gita was only the recent edition anyway. Lol ;-)


 * Chapter 4, Text 1

Best Wishes, GourangaUK 10:11, 25 July 2006 (UTC)


 * "according to Krishna at the start of chapter four, this Bhagavad Gita was only the recent edition anyway. Lol ;-)"


 * Of course, you realize that is "wicked" circular logic :) I'm wondering when it was written and you're saying its "lead character" says "it" (the teaching) has existed/been revealed many times before, far back in time. :D Excuse me if I don't take "its" own word for when itself was created. ;)


 * I can see picking out themes and teachings that are useful and leaving at that, but I am unable to take it literally in that regard (which isn't said by me in an effort to insult or diminish believers, just to express my viewpoint.)


 * I enjoy it as a vivid sample of ideas widely held at the time of the Buddha and helps me see the richness of that era much better.

Quantumbuddha 05:26, 27 July 2006 (UTC)