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People are always saying that the
East is the East and the West
is the West and you have to
keep from mixing them up.
When I first began to study
Oriental philosophy, I also
worried about whether it was mine to
study. I don’t
worry any more about that.
At Darmstadt I was
talking about the reason back of
pulverization and fragmentation:
for instance,
using syllables instead of words in
a vocal text, letters
instead of syllables.
I said, “We take things
apart in order that they may
become the Buddha.
And if that seems too Oriental
an idea for you,” I said,
“Remember the early Christian
Gnostic statement, ‘Split
the stick and there is Jesus!’ ”
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