Dependent Origination & Grace

[Mark Kohut]

Reminds me also of Jung's "synchronicity"..............


--- On Wed, 8/20/08, robinlandseadel at comcast.net <robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: robinlandseadel at comcast.net <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: Dependent Origination & Grace
> To: "P-list" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 6:57 PM
> The doctrine of pratītyasamutpāda often
> translated as 
>           "Dependent Arising," is an important
> part of Buddhist 
>           metaphysics. Common to all schools of Buddhism,
> it 
>           states that phenomena arise together in a
> mutually 
>           interdependent web of cause and effect. It is
> variously 
>           rendered into English as "dependent
> origination", 
>           "conditioned genesis", "dependent
> co-arising", "inter-
>           dependent arising", or
> "contingency".
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratitya-samutpada
> 
> Very cool concepts, Ms. Bradstreet. Makes me think of:
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To_FmzOoJe8
> 
> . . . .the way sets of things/events in this unfolding
> animation group 
> and ungroup, sometimes rising up all as one. I suppose to
> really be 
> aware of events over time one must be sitting in a fairly
> stable place,
> which sounds pretty much like the Buddhist way to go.
> 
> Your post also makes me think how wonderfully variegated 
> everything is, thanks.