Tag: Clouds of Meaning

Meaning and Misunderstanding: Prototype Theory and Clouds of Meaning

Post author By Shannon M Whitaker
Post date 14Jul2025
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Greetings, friendlies. :) Ever been on retreat, maybe the teacher is talking about dependent origination, and the frustration is clear in the tone of the Q&A: “Wait. Is Saṅkhāra a kind of Saññā?” “Is Citta Viññāṇa??” “How is Vedanā different from Nāmarūpa???” It seems to me that a lot of dukkha in dhamma teachings stems […]

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Mindful, Mindfuller, Mindfullest: Prototype Theory and Clouds of Meaning

Post author By Shannon M Whitaker
Post date 7Jul2025
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Greetings, Friendlies. :) When Martine Batchelor mentioned this book, I remember a feeling of sinking. Sadness. Disappointment. Martine asked: how can this book exist? [2] How can “mindfulness”, a term so central to dhamma, be married to something violent? We could shrug off the question, dismiss it. “Different people define words differently.” But why? And […]

Tags atomic essay, Clouds of Meaning, Learning in Public, Linguistics, Prototype Theory