[Buddha-l] Moment of individuation

[Richard P. Hayes]

On Thu, 2005-04-14 at 18:23 -0600, Joanna wrote:

> But doesn't the divorce only happen if you go in for some 
> kinds of yoga or become a meditating practicing Jain? 
> Otherwise is purusha not just submerged in the redoubted prakriti? 

When Prakriti notices that Purusha isn't paying attention, she runs
away. The sad thing is that without Purusha, Prakriti loses her mind.
She doesn't really, because it turns out she never really had one to
lose, but that's a pedantic detail that provides little comfort to
Prakriti. Purusha remains unperturbed through it all, acting all the
while pretty much like a typical man. He just sits there like a couch
potato and flips through channels. It doesn't even bother him that he
can't get Buddhist monks to believe in him. 

As for the Jains, they have their own system, so they don't care much
for this Saamkhya-Yoga stuff. Or for Buddhists, for that matter.

-- 
Richard Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico