well, plato was working in a very difference context. and plato got lots of his stuff from socrates. weird that neither buddha, christ, or socrates left any writings behind them, sort of culminations of the oral tradition of teachings, perhaps…
Well, the thing I have been noticing lately about people being enlightened is that they seem more down to Earth and physical. Instead of sitting a top an ivory tower or disembodied or something.
Nice aurochs!
Comment by Ted — April 23, 2009 @ 12:10 pm
http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/mzb/oxherd.htm
hmmmmm….
Comment by Ted — April 23, 2009 @ 2:46 pm
I prefer this series. It’s a bit different:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/6499941/Ox-Herding
Comment by Ian — April 27, 2009 @ 9:15 am
I’m thinking Plato didn’t know what he was talking about in terms of enlightenment.
Comment by Ted — April 27, 2009 @ 10:26 am
well, plato was working in a very difference context. and plato got lots of his stuff from socrates. weird that neither buddha, christ, or socrates left any writings behind them, sort of culminations of the oral tradition of teachings, perhaps…
Comment by Ian — April 27, 2009 @ 11:43 am
Well, the thing I have been noticing lately about people being enlightened is that they seem more down to Earth and physical. Instead of sitting a top an ivory tower or disembodied or something.
Comment by Ted — April 27, 2009 @ 3:04 pm