tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post419394811213651067..comments2024-02-06T22:19:13.028-08:00Comments on Mining Aśvaghoṣa's Gold: SAUNDARANANDA 17.59: Gradually Eliminating Faults (ctd.)Mike Crosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12712396374023835678noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post-67717365813272387182010-03-12T20:45:41.966-08:002010-03-12T20:45:41.966-08:00Everybody can understand, because the emphasis is ...Everybody can understand, because the emphasis is so clear, that Ashvaghosha is describing the gradual elimination of faults by an indirect means -- like washing dirt away from grains of gold, with water. <br /><br />But what it means 'to let' is just the point that hasn't been understsood yet.Mike Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712396374023835678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7296606518210633585.post-16112137817203274322010-03-12T09:18:16.639-08:002010-03-12T09:18:16.639-08:00What means is mind or no-mind, even indirect? Nan...What means is mind or no-mind, even indirect? Nanda has gone past these, isn't that what's implied by 'letting the thing do itself'?<br /><br />-AnonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com