[Buddha-l] Om mani padme hum IN "Western Self, Asian Other"

[Franz Metcalf]

Making a nice, knock-down argument, Richard Hayes wrote:

> I think the most insightful observations on mantras was given by  
> Charles Lutwidge Dodgson in Through the Looking Glass.
>
> "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone,  
> "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less."
> "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so  
> many different things."
> "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master -  
> that's all."

There's glory for you!

(So wrote my seventh cousin, three times removed.)