[Krimel] Look if this guy has been meaningful to you that is a wonderful thing. I had to Google him. I saw nothing there to inspire me to look further. I mean you no personal offence but I still do not regard anyone on that list as being among "the most honored philosophers in history."
Here is a list of western mystic philosophers http://www.religiousworlds.com/mystic/whoswho.html I wouldn't even put Pirsig's list on the top rung of this lot, That's my opinion and I stand by it. -----Original Message----- From: Dwaipayan Lahiri [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 4:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MD] Mind-body practice What made you make that statement in the first place? Can you substantiate it so I know the Purva Paksha? On Dec 29, 2007, at 3:14 PM, Krimel wrote: > Ok, we have one person impressed by one person on the list. That's > very > special. > Krimel > >> dmb] >> "Some of the most honored philosophers in history have been mystics: >> Plotinus, Swedenborg, Loyola, Shankaracharya and many others. They >> share a common belief that the fundamental nature of reality is >> outside >> language: that language splits things up into parts while the true >> nature > >> of reality is undivided. Zen, which is a mystic religion, argues >> that the > >> illusion of dividedness can be overcome by meditation" (LILA, page >> 63). >> >> [Krimel] >> Seriously that list of "most honored philosophers" has to be a >> joke. Third string bench warmers, does anyone here find it >> impressive? > > [Dwaipayan] > I hope you know what you just said. I don't really know whether it is > appropriate to club Adi Shankaracharya in the same group as Loyola > and the others. Shankaracharya is definitely not a third-string > benchwarmer by any definition of the word when it comes to Indic > traditions and classical Indian Darshana. If you think he is, you > don't know what you're talking about... > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
