Buddhism

[Thomas Vieth]

Nice finding. But I'd say "vehicle" comes closer than "boat". As to 
contents, I'll have to meditate about it.

Thomas Vieth
Down with Triolahidi
Long live Hollerodullyo


----Original Message Follows----
Date:	Wed, 11 Jun 1997 20:02:16 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Origenes at aol.com
To:	pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Re: Buddhism
"Are we not all one? Which is your choice," Fahringer now, buzzing and 
flat
through the filters of memory, "the little cart, or the great one?" 
This is probably old hat but I'll point it out since this thread is 
going.
This is in part 3 episode episode 13, the one with the toiletship. I 
believe
this refers to Hinayana and Mahayana Buddhism. Hinayana loosely 
translates to
"little boat" or "little ferry". Mahayana "big boat" or something 
similar, in
any case transport of some kind. Hinayana Buddhism's approach was a slow
difficult ascetic journey of the individual through many reincarnations.
Mahayana on the other hand is distinguished by the Bodhisattvas who 
choose to
remain in the world and help the rest of humanity to enlightenment. I
apologize for the half-assed scholarship here. The amin point being the
difference between the two is again the classic Pynchon argument of the 
elite
vs. preterite, Hinayana and Mahayana respectively. Perhaps someone with 
more
time can explain this further. 
Dominguin Meuse



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