[Buddha-l] A Drowsy little spot this. eh?

[Timothy Smith]

Órale Coyote,

Have you read Richardson's damn fine bio of James?  Most interesting.   
Willy was, in my jaundiced view,
a fantastically arrayed example of Enneatype 4.  Thats why I love him.

T
Timothy Smith
Wheelwright Associates




On May 2, 2009, at 6:15 PM, Richard Hayes wrote:

>
>
> I'm in love again. It happens to me every time I read Charles S.  
> Peirce
> and William James. I can't figure out why anyone would ever read
> anything not written by these two fine fellows (although I allow that
> liberal helpings of Walt Whitman and Mark Twain never hurt anyone). It
> certainly baffles me why anyone would try to interpret Buddhism as
> anything but a feeble attempt to articulate Pragmatism avant le mot.
>
> One of these days I may write a message to buddha-l and maybe try to
> piss off a few monks by making the point that George Fox is the only
> person since Ānanda who had a clue what Gautama was trying without  
> much
> success to say. But not now. I've nearly forgotten everything I once
> knew about Buddhism and must start over again from scratch.
>
> Sufficient unto the day is the bewilderment thereof.
>
> Yours in desecration and dessication,
> Coyote
>
>
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