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**Mearticbaibre** · 06-16-2011, 11:35 PM

I'm not sure the two are so far apart. "Interbeing" isn't just a kumbayah moment -- it involves recognition of anicca, anatta and dukkha.

People always remember that Thich Nhat Hanh talks about clouds, rain, flowers and children, but they tend to forget that he applies the same principle to things like war, poverty, abuse and suffering. When he presents the "positive" side of interbeing, it's as upaya.

Good point. Afterall, he introduced me to the rotting corpse meditation.

Re OP topic: There is the concept of inter-subjectivity in discourse ethics, but I'm not convinced by Habermas' arguments for it.

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Mearticbaibre Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 413 Senior Member	I'm not sure the two are so far apart. "Interbeing" isn't just a kumbayah moment -- it involves recognition of anicca, anatta and dukkha. People always remember that Thich Nhat Hanh talks about clouds, rain, flowers and children, but they tend to forget that he applies the same principle to things like war, poverty, abuse and suffering. When he presents the "positive" side of interbeing, it's as upaya. Good point. Afterall, he introduced me to the rotting corpse meditation. Re OP topic: There is the concept of inter-subjectivity in discourse ethics, but I'm not convinced by Habermas' arguments for it.
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