[Buddha-l] Re: Sati the fisherman's son

[Margaret Gouin]

On Fri, October 19, 2007 10:22 am, Joy Vriens wrote:
>
> It's the
> combination of refering to Sati's father and using an exemple of his
> profession of his or Sati's making a mess of it. Like he wants to say
> "with a father like that no wonder you're such an idiot". A reference is
> made to there being something congenital about Sati's idiocy.
>
Or maybe he refers to Sati as the fisherman's son in order to distinguish
him from the 17 other Sati's in the sangha, and uses images from his
father's profession (and hence his childhood experience) to bring the
lesson home to him? Who knows?

-- 
Margaret Gouin
PhD Candidate
Centre for Buddhist Studies
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Bristol (UK)