[Buddha-l] Vimalakirti

[Dan Lusthaus]

>The only moment his silence becomes manifest (a nimitta) you call him
>silent? What is silence?

I never used that word, so that's not what I called him.

His moment of non-talking was framed by his predecessors who explain what 
non-talking would say, and then invite him to do so. It is entirely 
contextual.

Just as consciousness is always "consciousness of," emptiness is always 
"emptiness of" (the metaphysicians and tathagatagarbhins usually forget 
that).

Sillence -- since you ask -- is:

L'autre that allows a single hand to make a sound when it collides with 
l'autre.

An island without jokes is a bleak vacation.

Dan