[Buddha-l] Maybe I was wrong

[Richard Hayes]

On Jul 27, 2010, at 20:10, Erik Hoogcarspel <jehms at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> The problem is that the art of interpreting the veneer, i.e. semiology 
> and hermeneutics, is practically unknown to those who write about the 
> inner lives.

This reminds me in a tangential sort of way of a complaint I once voiced to my mother about someone who struck me as pretending to be other than he was. She reminded me that people put a lot of effort into their veneers, and I should enjoy the spectacle. Life has been spectacularly fascinating ever since. 

> 
Cliff Quadruped