[Buddha-l] Re: Emptiness

[Michael LaTorra]

Richard Hayes <rhayes at unm.edu> wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 24 October 2007 11:55, Mr Michael A. La Torra wrote:
>
>> I am merely a practitioner, not a philosopher. While I rather enjoy
>> plunging through the "thicket of views" on this list, I find very few
>> views that I wholly reject or wholly accept. I simply plunge onward.
>
> That is precisely what makes you a philosopher. You may also be a
> practitioner
> of other things, but if you truly plunge through the thicket of views and
> admire the bugs but refrain from taking any home with you, then you also
> practice philosophy.
>
>>  "When did you first notice the obvious?"
>
> According to family legend, those were my very first words. I was six
> months
> old. My father came in to check my crib, and he said "Holy cow! There's
> shit
> all over everything." What else could I say in response but my first
> sentence? (To tell the truth, I was pleased that he was calling attention
> to
> my emptiness, achieved at the expense of a slightly messy crib.)
>
> --
> Richard P. Hayes
> Department of Philosophy
> University of New Mexico
> http://www.unm.edu/~rhayes


Ha! Richard, I love your answer!

>From emptiness of bowels to emptiness of mind; vast emptiness, indeed.

-- 
Regards,
Michael LaTorra
College Associate Professor
Department of English

New Mexico State University
MSC 3E, PO Box 30001
Las Cruces, NM 88003

mlatorra at nmsu.edu