Quoting Heather Perella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Platt, comments below: > > > [SA previously] > > > Arlo and Platt, two questions. > > > What do you think Zen is and how does Zen fit > > > into MoQ? > > > Why do you think Pirsig included Amerindians > > in > > > Lila? > > > > > > This would help me understand more where you two > > are > > > going with this dialogue. > > [Platt] > > I agree with Arlo about Zen. As for Pirsig's > > affinity with Indians I think it > > "emerged" because of the friendship with and > > influence by Dusenberry who was an > > Indian nut. Also, according to some, Pirsig got his > > inspiration for the MOQ from > > smoking peyote while sitting around with a bunch > > Indians in a teepee. > > No, philosophically, how does Zen and > Amerindians fit into the MoQ? Not historically, where > Dusenberry was an influence and all you refer to about > Amerindians is "Indian nut" and "smoking peyote". > What philosophy of Amerindian and Zen is MoQ?
Quality is pre-intellectual experience is Zen. "That's a good dog" is Indian. The MOQ omits Indian gods. ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ 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/
