[Shehrose Mian]

Hey Danielle,

I was referring to the use of ‘meaningful’ in the link you shared where Kalu Rinpoche shares his thoughts. He says the following:

“Therefore I tell my students
not to be perfect
but to be meaningful to themselves
and meaningful to others
I find that very important”

I believe some vagueness in semantics and reasoning exists here from the analytic philosophy perspective.

[Shehrose Mian]

Great find! So it appears the intentional essence of the teaching is to be meaningful to oneself and to others. In reasoning, it does look tough to be perfect all the time as well. But the concern may persist regardless as to what constitutes ‘meaningfulness’. Sentential meaning? Introspective meaning? Bodily meaning? What sort of ‘meaning’ does Buddhism espouse?

[Shehrose Mian]

Are you (Daniele) or anyone else able to provide textual evidence from Buddhist canon as to that theory?