From: zykaine telex (zykaine@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Jan 11 2003 - 15:44:23 GMT
HI STEVE.
It's a fact that Pirsig is a so-called Zen-person. Near the end of Lila, as
far as I can remember Pirsig says this - kill all intellectual patterns,
kill them completely and pursue dynamic quality and morality will be served
(anyone correct me if I'm wrong as it's been some years since I read Lila).
It's in tune with Zen because Pirsig gives a Zen quote to back up his
statement. The Zen quote says something like - whilst living, be a dead man
then do as you please and all will be well on it's own.
Regards,
Zykaine (the non-zen zennist!)
>From: Steve Peterson <speterson@fast.net>
>Reply-To: moq_discuss@moq.org
>To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
>Subject: MD Pirsig, a Zen person
>Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 10:15:42 -0500
>
>All,
>
>Some have recently expressed their unmet expectations about moq.org, so I
>wanted to add my unmet expectations to the stew for some added variety.
>Mari's and Rudy's and other's got me thinking about what I had expected. I
>thought it would be more about Zen. Silly me.
>
>I'm not complaining about the discussions. I have enjoyed reading and
>participating a little. I had even forgotten until yesterday that it is
>not
>what I had expected. What ever led me think it would be about Zen in the
>first place?
>
>I remembered that Pirsig says somewhere that he thinks of himself as a "Zen
>person" and I finally dug up the quote.
>
>On page 445 of the 2000 edition of ZAMM an e-mail interview is printed
>(along with some letters, an intro to the reader's guide, etc.)
>
>Pirsig answers the question, "Are you currently working on any literary
>projects?" with:
>
>"No. Enough is enough. I think it's bad to write when don't really have a
>compelling need to say something. Of course, for most writers the
>compelling reason is money, but my two books have taken care of that.
>Anyway, I think of myself as more of a Zen person than a writer and one of
>the most admirable aspects of Zen is that it encourages silence."
>
>Is anyone else surprised or interested in that Pirsig thinks of himself as
>a
>Zen person rather than as a philosopher? Should this discussion group
>reflect that fact or does it already? Is it indeed a fact or am I taking
>his statement out of a broader context?
>
>Steve
>
>
>
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