Hello Khoo, I do not understand why Bo says such things. I think/hope/believe/feel the MoQ a bridge between the Wisdom of the East and the intellect (science) of the West.
Marsha On Jan 21, 2010, at 4:21 AM, Khoo Hock Aun wrote: > Hi All, > > > Bo concludes after commenting on the half-baked SOM of the Orient and the > woolly mess in its wake that: > > The Western MOQ will be a better "Buddhism"! > > Khoo: > I would certainly like to see this if it were to be so: } > > What are we talking about here: > An intellectual pattern better than another intellectual pattern ? > A Dynamic aspect better than its Static aspect? > A better route than another route to Reality? > > Is there a Western MOQ to begin with ? > I do not remember Pirsig saying as such > in either ZAMM or LILA ? > > In what way will it be better ? > The way Muslims say Islam is better ? > The way Christians says theirs is better ? > Science says its better, because they seek the Truth, > Nothing less nothing more. > > Is this what the Western MOQ is about ? > Truth Seeking, Reality Seeking, Morally Speaking ? > Evolution on to Better State, > Or an Ultimate Reality, an Ultimate Good ? > That is better than the other "Good"s? > Always better, never lesser. > > I wonder. > > The Buddha after all did say" What I have taught you is like the leaves in > my hand > and what I have not taught you is like the leaves in the jungle" > > Perhaps Buddhism as a Metaphysics is indeed insufficient > and a Western MOQ will make up the difference. > > Best Regards > Khoo Hock Aun > 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/ _______________________________________________________________________ Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars... 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/
