Buddhism

[David Casseres]

Andrew sez
>And now, while we are here, has anyone made a serious stab at relating
>Pynchon's work to Buddhism in one form or another? I've been noting
>various kute korrespondences along the way but have not managed to
>string anything convincing together yet.

Yes, there's that Kirghiz Light, eh?  But I think a serious stab might be 
hard to do.  To me, the flavor of religion in Pynchon seems more 
Anabaptist than anything else.  I dearly loved the passage in M&D where 
Mason, desperate in the Cape Town rain after the spiritually tantalizing 
Transit of Venus, tries to practice Quaker meditation like Dixon, only to 
fall asleep in his chair and crash to the floor.


Cheers,
David