Another dive into the archive of drafts
Agree with the thrust of your piece, but wanted to add that the idea that a Western intellectual can extract the essence of a 2500 year old tradition carried forward by benighted savages is fundamentally a colonialist idea.
I really doubt that is what Linji meant with his expression. But indeed an empty container.
Agree with the thrust of your piece, but wanted to add that the idea that a Western intellectual can extract the essence of a 2500 year old tradition carried forward by benighted savages is fundamentally a colonialist idea.
I really doubt that is what Linji meant with his expression. But indeed an empty container.