Subject: Re: unless ye become as little children
From: Jim Rovira (jrovira@drew.edu)
Date: Tue May 14 2002 - 17:57:17 EDT
yeah...it really is hard to definitely peg Salinger as being a straight
out Buddhist or someone more influenced by the Upanishads. He does
sound like a bit of both at times. The doctrine of reincarnation in
Teddy sounds more Hindu than Buddhist too. I don't know if these are
Salinger's personal quirks, or reflective of other influences -- say,
American Zen Buddhists.
Jim
Steve Brown wrote:
>
> It seems so close to the ideals of Buddhism. To a baby, you are as much
> the baby as the baby is you. This recalls a quote from Teddy about how when
> he was six he realized that Booper was God and her milk was God and she was
> "just pouring God into God."
>
> This would be strongly in contrast to the ideals of Buddhism which lacks any
> God whatsoever. It does however strongly resonate with the upanisadic view
> of brahman and these are texts which occasionally creap into JDS's
> literature.
>
> Steve Brown
> Religion & Classics
> University of Rochester.
>
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