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Though maybe that's not really a pun. Playfulness w/ indefinite pronouns, anyway. Something just not right about those pronouns.about 7 hours ago from Twitterrific
The Abbott & Costello routine, which is in Homer, is also in ancient Chinese Buddhist text. (explicated in Dōgen). Puns are universal.about 7 hours ago from Twitterrific
@hb123 (imagine history of European Philosophy if Judeochristian sacred texts EXPLICITLY asked questions about being/consciousness/the self)about 8 hours ago from Twitterrific in reply to hb123
@hb123 I've frequently had similar musings this year. (& this guy was writing in Japan in 1230s!)about 8 hours ago from Twitterrific in reply to hb123
@Buddhaworld no, Mr. Living Buddha, not my understanding of Buddhism. Quotations from the Busshō of Dōgen.about 8 hours ago from Twitterrific in reply to Buddhaworld
Last two are #Dōgenabout 8 hours ago from Twitterrific
"Understood in this way, entire-being is in itself completely and totally emancipated suchness."about 8 hours ago from Twitterrific
"…the 'being' that the Buddha-nature makes entire-being is not the being of being and nonbeing."about 8 hours ago from Twitterrific
Twitter-English needs to adopt Spanish verb "hay". Hay too many characters in "there is" & "there are".about 8 hours ago from Twitterrific
@hb123 I pick out & contemplate the great ones where I recognize them, but more often take position of agnosticism toward the others.about 8 hours ago from Twitterrific in reply to hb123
@hb123 & I don't follow whatever god charged us w/the task of judging the worth of expressions. There are too many of them & I too ignorant.about 8 hours ago from Twitterrific in reply to hb123
@hb123 as I said in a monadology conversation way back: my response to the shallow (or "bad art") is more often indifference than distaste.about 8 hours ago from Twitterrific in reply to hb123
@hb123 again, I don't really disagree. I think your distaste for the shallow, in general, is more acute than mine. (cf, popular movies)about 8 hours ago from Twitterrific in reply to hb123
@hb123 (which is not to say I care for the song.)about 9 hours ago from Twitterrific in reply to hb123
@hb123 which is to say, I (thankfully) do not see myself in speaker of BwBW, but wouldn't quite say I have distaste for him either.about 9 hours ago from Twitterrific in reply to hb123
@hb123 perhaps that's too strong but was responding to "we should have distaste for." we shouldn't be is easier for me to agree with.about 9 hours ago from Twitterrific in reply to hb123
@hb123 pathetic maybe, in a way, but not repugnant.about 10 hours ago from Twitterrific in reply to hb123
@hb123 not arguing against your "better." claiming that the not-better is nevertheless human & understandable, not worthy of derision.about 10 hours ago from Twitterrific in reply to hb123
@hb123 the carbs in orange juice are "refined"? Because they're more concentrated than in the fruit?about 11 hours ago from Twitterrific in reply to hb123
@iancmcc yeah, even if I do say so myself.about 11 hours ago from Twitterrific in reply to iancmcc