[Buddha-l] As Swami goes, so goes the nation? (Dan Lusthaus and Richard P. Hayes)

[Mitchell Ginsberg]

Hello Dan and Richard and all, 


Would there be a basic rendering and explanation/gloss of the two terms here (parikalpita and parinispanna), to stay focused on the substantive distinction here? I see for parikalpita: decided, fixed, determined, imagined, wished for, invented, etc. And for parinispanna: developed, perfect, from a root meaning changing or turning into, (and perhaps manifesting?). This suggests that the textual usages might be critical in evaluating which features of these meanings are in focus. 
 
Also, I marvel at how two people I respect and whose knowledge I appreciate can have such a long-standing jousting interaction. There is a friendliness and simultaneously an in-your-face-ness about it (as I read these postings); I can't tell how harsh it really is, and I do not know the history behind it, if there is one. I wish you both well, whatever it is about. Maybe it's just US East Coast wit. 

Mitchell 
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> Richard
Spoken as one who really can't tell the difference between parikalpita and 
parinispanna. Thanks for illustrating the point.
Dan