[MD] FW: Now Taking Questions on Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

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Hi dmb,
Perhaps I am being overly protective.  My comment was indeed a gut
reaction to what I thought was yet another denegration of ZAMM.  Like
I said I will pay attention to the discussion to see if I learn
anything.  I do believe that Pirsig was involved with Zen temples at
some point, and that he stated that where he arrived was the same
place that Zen practice arrives at.  I may be wrong on this.

My pesonal opinion is that ZAMM has everything to do with Zen, it is
just not presented in the same fashion as: "that great body of factual
information relating to orthodox Zen Buddhist practice."  I believe
this is what Pirsig meant, not that it wasn't Zen.  He did not want to
have to field questions from the great scholars of "orthodox Zen", and
I can't blame him.  It is his personal story and Zen is ultimately
personal.

Thanks for alerting me to the podcast.

Mark

On 1/10/12, david buchanan <dmbuchanan at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Mark said:
> Hmmm... Not about Zen they say.  Well, I would have to disagree with that.
> But perhaps they are Zen Masters.  I will stay tuned for the discussion.
>
> dmb says:
>
> I think you're trying way too hard to be disagreeable. They're simply
> paraphrasing the author's note at the beginning of Zen and the Art of
> Motorcycle Maintenance, where Pirsig says,....
>
> "What follows is based on actual occurrences. Although much has been changed
> for rhetorical purposes, it must be regarded in its essence as fact.
> However, it should in no way be associated with that great body of factual
> information relating to orthodox Zen Buddhist practice. It’s not very
> factual on motorcycles, either."
>
>
> Anyway, if you're into podcasts, The Partially Examined Life Philosophy
> Podcast is probably the best of its kind and they're just about to record an
> episode on ZAMM. Now (on their website for just a few more hours) they're
> taking questions on Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
> "The good news is that we were able to move up the discussion previously
> planned to come after that, on Robert M. Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of
> Motorcycle Maintenance, a book that’s not about Zen and only a little bit
> about motorcycle maintenance. (Due to the accelerated time frame, Wes will
> be reading the whole book in a weekend, so we’ll see how that works out.) If
> you’ve already read this book or are familiar with Pirsig’s philosophy, feel
> free to kick us some questions to consider in our discussion". -Mark
> Linsenmayer
>
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