[MD] Nagasena & King Milinda by Mark Siderits

[MarshaV]

Ooops!  That should be:


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


Marsha


On Dec 28, 2011, at 2:52 AM, MarshaV wrote:

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> Hi Joe,
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> Hmmmm.  Sound does not inherently exist.  It is merely labeled my mind; it does not exist independent of mind.   
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> Marsha
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> Sent from my iPad
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> On Dec 27, 2011, at 3:26 PM, Joseph  Maurer <jhmau at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> 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 
>> 
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>> On 12/26/11 11:19 PM, "MarshaV" <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
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>>> 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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