[MD] Nagasena & King Milinda by Mark Siderits

[MarshaV]

Hi Joe,

Hmmmm.  Sound does not inherently exist.  It is merely labeled my mind; it does not exist independent of mind.   


Marsha



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On Dec 27, 2011, at 3:26 PM, Joseph  Maurer <jhmau at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi Marsha,
> 
> Metaphysics is empty sound, a trigger!  Pirsig with DQ/SQ suggested that
> metaphysics is a format, not a sound.  There has to be a trigger for
> concepts.  It becomes even more weird when the trigger embraces indefinable
> evolving reality and memory.  No wonder metaphysics is a tough slog.
> 
> There is a trigger for the color purple etc.  For myself I am content to
> place the triggers in an order in existence, evolution.  For evolution one
> size existence does not fit all.
> 
> Joe 
> 
> 
> On 12/26/11 11:19 PM, "MarshaV" <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
> 
>> This story was not from a Buddhist text.  The term 'empty' in "empty sound"
>> did not represent the Buddhist's Emptiness.  Metaphysics fulfills a certain
>> interest so I would consider it more than "empty sound". 
> 
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