[Buddha-l] MMK 25.09 (was: as Swami goes...)

Dan Lusthaus vasubandhu at earthlink.net
Sat May 1 04:53:56 MDT 2010


>> Might someone's language subliminally commit them to a svabhavic 
>> reification without
>> their realizing it?
>
> I don't think so.

I do. Here we have a legitimate and deep disagreement. It's your refusal to 
acknowledge or recognize this basic tenet that I believe clouds your 
understanding of Nagarjuna and his project.

>> If that were not the case, MMK would have been unnecessary.
>
> I think MMK is unnecessary. It is a putative antidote to an alleged
> disease that very few people actually have.

Flippant, but Exhibit A nonetheless.

> So your claim is that Nagarjuna was unable to free himself from
> svabhavic thinking. Good. I think we are finally in agreement.

Very funny.

Dan 



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