So What? So What! So What!?
“So what” … sweet sound to the ears, and perhaps the mind as well. Two over months ago, Jan 3 2008 to be exact, during a Dhamma talk at Taipei Buddhist Centre, an participant uttered these magic words “So What?”. To some it was a challenge to the explanations given, while to others, its a curt retort to the speaker. To me, I just love it! … if monks are allowed to at least ‘love’ some idea … 
To me, it was excellent that that man thought of the question “So what?”. It implied to me that he was interested in not just listening to mere recitation of someone’s teachings, but is genuinely concerned about the practical implications of it. Or at least that’s how I interpreted his “So what?”. If he meant it any other ways, I didn’t know it. 
I replied by congratulating him on his question; that we Buddhist and non-Buddhist alike need to open our eyes to see and our mind to inquire, to paraphrase myself that day. My point is that, when we read a book, or . . . → Read More: So What? … …
