[AGL] reply to Michele's statement

[Jon Ford]

Mike-- That is very close to the Buddhist position; ie., as a
modern  monk, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, observes:

    "The Buddha's teachings on karma are interesting because it's a 
combination of causality and free-will. If things were totally caused there 
would be no way you could develop a skill - your actions would be totally 
predetermined. If there was no causality at all skills would be useless 
because things would be constantly changing without any kind of rhyme or 
reason to them. But it's because there is an element of causality and 
because there is this element of free-will [that] you can develop skills in 
life."

Jon



>From: "Michael Eisenstadt" <michaele at ando.pair.com>

>Michele,
>
> > Free will exists and so does the lack of it.
>
>That's what I was trying to say.
>
>Mike
>

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