GRGR: Mondaugen as bodhisattva

[Lycidas at worldnet.att.net]

Doug Millison wrote:
> 
> By calling Mondaugen "bodhisattva" Pynchon's irony slides into sarcasm,
> even scorn. The bodhisattva is an enlightened being who postpones entry
> into Nirvana (escape from the wheel of reincarnation) in order to help
> other humans achieve enlightenment, an act of mercy. 
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Yes, and one question we should consider is why Mondaugen
"converts" or why Pynchon's sliding irony converts him to a
"bodhisattva" ?