Professor Loy writes about the Diamond Sutra and the logic form utilized by the teaching as:<\/p>\n
A is not A, therefore it is A<\/p>\n
So, \u201cPurity is not purity; that is why it is purity.\u201d<\/p>\n
This is transformative as we come back to purity with a different approach as a result of the process.<\/p>\n
This has a striking similarity to Hegel\u2019s aufheben \u2013 sublation from thesis and antithesis.<\/p>\n
It also makes me think of integration in Calculus:<\/p>\n
A is not A, therefore it is C where C is equal to (I have to write this out without mathematical symbols due to limitations of text):<\/p>\n
…the integral from minus infinity to plus infinity of A AND Not A (or A – A)<\/p>\n
In math, the result would be zero or cancel each other out. For Hegel, the cancelation keeps or holds the terms vis-a-vis lifting them up, synthesis (transformation of the integral).<\/p>\n
So, for all instances (or dynamics of) the master AND Not Master (or Slave), the successful integration results in full self-consciousness (or the dissolution of subject-object in social acceptance of authority and responsibility). The master and slave find their freedom only in their positive acceptance of their dependence.<\/p>\n
In calculus differentiation takes us in the opposite direction from, in Hegelian terms, the synthesis to thesis and antithesis. Of course, not all functions have known solutions and some converge to a limit and some diverge towards plus or negative infinity. I guess in Hegel sometimes the master and slave kill each other and synthesis is never obtained. I suppose some bone head could work out the calculus of Hegel for their doctoral dissertation but\u2026<\/p>\n
I think I prefer Zen. Hegel gives me a headache.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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