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Message: <blockquote data-quote="elakiri119" data-source="post: 11009575" data-attributes="member: 262757">[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]  The question              of the origin of the world was one which the Buddha refused to answer. Even though Buddha know the answer, Buddha realised that any answer would create much controversy and              argument. He said that it was not necessary to know it in order to              achieve the goal of Buddhist practice and made an analogy with a man              shot in the arm by a poisoned arrow. He would not allow anyone to              pull the arrow out of his arm until he had received the answer to              various questions, such as: who shot the arrow? who made the feathers?              etc. The Buddha said that before he could obtain an answer to such              questions, the poison would enter his bloodstream and kill him. Similarly,              we have an urgent problem - we have to endure the unsatisfactoriness              of existence. We should apply ourselves exclusively to eradicating              dukkha. [/FONT]</blockquote>

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