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Franz Kafka, a German novelist wrote a famous novella, Die Verwandlung or The Metamorphosis in 1915 which left an impact on the Western world. The novella which is widely studied in Western colleges and universities would perhaps remind you of the American science-horror film, The Fly. The novella is about a a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa who wakes to find himself transformed into what else, but a monstrous insect. The English version of The Metamorphosis starts: When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous insect... Dreams are sometimes uneasy, no doubt, making one feel quesy and proned to conmen. King Pasenadi of Kosala who lived during Buddha’s time, though said to be very educated and proficient in various arts, was nearly conned himself. He was disturbed by 16 dreams he had had and some Brahmins whom he consulted said the dreams foretell calamities that would befall him. He thus readily agreed to spending money on thousands of animals which were to be sacrificed to avert the predicted disaster. It was suggested that the king remembered his dreams vividly because he was a Bodhisattva. Would you suppose then Bodhisattvas are very human?
Franz Kafka, a German novelist wrote a famous novella, Die Verwandlung or The Metamorphosis in 1915 which left an impact on the Western world. The novella which is widely studied in Western colleges and universities would perhaps remind you of the American science-horror film, The Fly. The novella is about a a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa who wakes to find himself transformed into what else, but a monstrous insect. The English version of The Metamorphosis starts: When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous insect... Dreams are sometimes uneasy, no doubt, making one feel quesy and proned to conmen. King Pasenadi of Kosala who lived during Buddha’s time, though said to be very educated and proficient in various arts, was nearly conned himself. He was disturbed by 16 dreams he had had and some Brahmins whom he consulted said the dreams foretell calamities that would befall him. He thus readily agreed to spending money on thousands of animals which were to be sacrificed to avert the predicted disaster. It was suggested that the king remembered his dreams vividly because he was a Bodhisattva. Would you suppose then Bodhisattvas are very human?
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