[Buddha-l] Prapanca

[[DPD Web] Shen Shi'an]

Wow! Fantastic example. May she be well and happy.
Great opportunity to practise Khanti Paramita.

There's a movie on the subject I believe -
"Away with Her" (It's screening in Singapore now; not sure elsewhere)

It's interesting that even complex "prapanca" inevitably centres around
one's "self" directly or indirectly, as in the below. The deluded "self"
then, or rather, the delusion about "self" is probably the mother (no
pun intended - seriously) of all "prapanca".

-----Original Message-----
From: Wong Weng Fai [mailto:wongwf at comp.nus.edu.sg] 
Sent: Friday, 15 February, 2008 5:09 PM
To: Buddhist discussion forum
Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Prapanca


Wow... all these discussions on prapanca is going way beyond me...

All I know is that I have a prapanca expert in my house - my mum. She is

diagnosed with dementia (doc isn't sure if it is Alzheimers but for
sure, 
something snapped). She can take bits and pieces of random facts and 
happenings totally out of their contexts and spin the most convoluted, 
ridiculous and often disjoint stories that inevitably centers on 
herself, her insecurities and her negativities. At times, she can whip 
herself up to such an emotional frenzy by these totally incredible
tales, 
verbally abusing nearly every living (and at times non-living) thing in 
sight, that no one can calm her down. One cannot reason her out of it 
because there is no logic (beyond the tetralemmas certainly!) behind the

tales. All one can say is "that's not true!" - which in itself adds fuel

to the fire - "so you calling me a liar?" BOM! My wife and I just have
to 
practice patience to wait till all the negative energies dissipate and
the 
whole episode disappears as mysteriously as it began. (Fortunately  for 
me, she has not yet gotten physical. She is staying with me.)

Prapanca in action!

W.F. Wong

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