[Buddha-l] Big is beautiful (was: Review of a review)

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

Op 01-07-10 20:59, JKirkpatrick schreef:
>
> I believe the French word grand(e) plays a similar game. And, if
> Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu) is to be believed, the Chinese term da
> (big, great, grand,
> etc.) similarly was bigger than merely a size descriptor, and
> served as the foundation for evaluative hierarchies. (See
> Zhuangzi ch. 17 and my "Zhuangzi's Aporetic Ethics" in _Hiding
> the World in the World: Uneven Discourses on the Zhuangzi_, ed.
> by Scott Cook).
>
> Dan
>
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> Then there is the Daibosatsu statue in Japan.
>
>
>    
Yes, and President George W. Bush, he is a great man, he made big 
mistakes! And Teabags, small IQ, but big bellies.
What happened to modesty. I think we should include Big in the eight 
worldly dharmas.

erik