[MD] Lila = Divine Play

[MarshaV]

At 09:35 AM 11/23/2008, you wrote:
>Ian :
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>Has anyone come across this before ?
>Lila = "divine play" - life as a spontaneous game played by
>lighthearted forces beyond our understanding. from Sri Aurobindo in
>"The Valley of the False Glimme"
>
>Andre:
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>I came across it in Lila's Child. Pirsig claims he wasn't aware of this
>connotation.

Ian, Andre,

Aware.  There is unconscious knowing.  After all, RMP did go to 
India.  The symbolism attached to the name Lila is not so esoteric.


Marsha





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