tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043003269935490917.post108728579866181973..comments2024-02-14T08:44:41.513+00:00Comments on Progressive Buddhism: Aspects of People I Find InterestingMyeong Jin Eunsahn http://www.blogger.com/profile/10324409234993116264noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043003269935490917.post-65234385286773341072011-08-04T20:31:29.891+01:002011-08-04T20:31:29.891+01:00Yo, Cholly! I'm reading a book by Ken Wilber,...Yo, Cholly! I'm reading a book by Ken Wilber, A Sociable God, who writes, early on [complementing what you wrote], "If Buddha or Krishna was lucid and legitimate in his communicative meaning, and he said he was contacting a fundamental ground of being, then that is our only starting point. And if I want to understand that point, if I want to <i>understand</i> anyone else’s symbols and meanings, then the best approach is some sort of <i>empathetic interpretation</i> (just as if I wished to understand Hamlet or any other symbolic communication). I must <i>reproduce</i> in <i>my</i> awareness via <i>interpretation</i> the inner world or meaning of Krishna or Hamlet or Job or whomever, there only to grasp its essential message."<br /><br />So, while the *I* in my little essay gets things wrong and reacts badly, at least it can be said that *I* was on the right track in seeking to understand the other.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13718601770472939313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043003269935490917.post-66555147778686357702011-08-02T17:51:33.268+01:002011-08-02T17:51:33.268+01:00I can recall any number of Mahayana Sutras exhorti...I can recall any number of Mahayana Sutras exhorting bodhisattvas to "know the thoughts in the minds of sentient beings". This would presumably include lions, bears, chickens, and things as well as humans. And devas. And raksasas. Very interesting task that is for bodhisattvas.Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00569087357750047883noreply@blogger.com