[Buddha-l] Lamas and such

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

Dan,

Dan Lusthaus schreef:
> The context for xiao sheng (hiina yaana) is the contrast with da sheng 
> (mahaa yaana). As mentioned, da vs xiao is valuative, with the positive, 
> higher values going to the da side. Always. (though the early Daoists tried 
> to play with strategic reversals of this).
>   
In that case it's Popper vs. Adler, so you're always right.
> The English word "in" can mean a variety of things, a mere preposition. But 
> when it becomes a valuative adjective contrasted with "out" -- such as the 
> "in group" vs the "out group" -- what's "in" is assigned positive value, and 
> the out group gets thumbs down (sports, fashions, music, cliques, etc.). 
> When magazines set up their quick-features as "what's in" and "what's out", 
> the reader immediately knows which column is favored and is being 
> recommended.
>   
Thank you for pointing out the ins and and outs of 'in'. I personally 
hate an in-crowd, I hate crowds even if they're out. Inmates are not my 
favourite pals, though they like to be out. As a philosopher I'm in for 
to be an outsider and to think out of the box if I have it in me. But if 
it's in I'm out.


Erik

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