[MD] Nagarjuna's MKK

[ian glendinning]

Marsha, (and Paul)

So far Marsha, I've managed three short sessions - rather tired
bedtime reads - so progress is slow.

I've read all the introductory / background material. - OK
I've read through the bare translations (mostly) and it's full of all
the expected "allusions" - though like the Tao Te Ching, it's not
really intended to be read from beginning to end is it ?

In reading the analytical chapters - I found the "Conditions" chapter
illuminating and reasuringly intelligible on the issues of no absolute
ontology, and "explicability" (my "quality of expalantion" and "holes
in any metaphysics" agendas) neatly summarised in this Garfield quote
that Paul used on his blog ...

"To assert the emptiness of causation is to accept the utility of our
causal discourse and explanatory practice, but to resist the
temptation to see these as grounded in reference to causal powers or
as demanding such grounding. Dependent origination simply is the
explicability and coherence of the universe. Its emptiness is the fact
that there is no more to it than that."

After some discussion with Paul on his blog, about the "weirdness" of
causation implicit in that view. I embarked on the "Motion" chapter
but despite a couple of re-reads - I haven't got it yet. I'll need to
find time to move on and come back.

I'm hooked though and believe it has important things to say.
Ian


On 2/9/06, MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net> wrote:
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> Well Ian, what do you think?
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> Marsha
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> At 07:49 AM 1/30/2006, Ian wrote:
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> My Amazon copy just arrived this morning.
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> Ian
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