[Buddha-l] Re: Buddhist pacifism

[Gad Horowitz]

"Left Hand" is not a good metaphor because it has no autonomy
(self-organization--do you know the Buddhist biologists Humberto Maturana
and Francisco Varela?)Better would be--microrganism in the large intestine.
Perhaps someone could suggest a better metaphor.
"Body " is not a good metaphor for "society" insofar as the former is at a
much lower level of abstraction than the latter. The organic metaphor plays
a large part in the ideologies of  corporatist and fascist Europe.Where does
the Old Fuys admonition to test things for yourself come in?  Does the left
hand have its own (!) karma?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Benito Carral" <bcarral at kungzhi.org>
To: "Buddhist discussion forum" <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 2:38 PM
Subject: [Buddha-l] Re: Buddhist pacifism


> On Saturday, October 15, 2005, Gad Horowitz wrote:
>
> > the   question  is  whether  individuals  are  MERELY
> > members.does membership not presuppose some degree of
> > individuality (self-organization) (integrity)?
>
>    Our  left  hand  is  much more than a left hand - in
> fact,  it's  that  "much  more"  what makes it our left
> hand. Our body can go on without our left hand, but our
> left  hand  can't  do  without  our  body. That's how I
> understand what a society member is.
>
>    Best wishes,
>
>    Beni
>
>
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