[Buddha-l] Re: Buddhist pacifism

[Peter D. Junger]

"Gad Horowitz" writes:

: "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?)

I never met them and both are dead, but are you sure that Maturana
was a Buddhist?

: 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?

Why not use the metaphor of Ant Hill from Hofstadler's _Goedel,
Escher, Bach_.  [The] Ant Hill is an individual without any
concern for the individual ants who make up the hill.

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Peter D. Junger--Case Western Reserve University Law School--Cleveland, OH
 EMAIL: junger at samsara.law.cwru.edu    URL:  http://samsara.law.cwru.edu