Slaves of Ego - I Nagarjuna and Taking Offence

You can never see or tell what goes on behind a pair of eyes. Even after beers or any substance that claims to chill them down. Even when you are discussing philosophy of life or meaning of existence, topics that are supposed to bring out the best. (Perhaps it was mixing of the two - beers and philosophy - that is to be blamed.) Wonder how Nagarjuna would have reacted to his detractors. A pair of eyes landed on his book of philosophy centuries after his time, and made gentle fun of the "deep-sounding"ness of some random statement in it without analyzing too much. Very cheeky since Nagarjuna was not there to make fun back, in the right spirit of course. To this the other pair of eyes, till then distracted by other things, to this said fiercely, "Nagarjuna is the one of the greatest philosophers there is !" They took offence at Nagarjuna being made fun of, the first pair supposed. What did the second pair really see ? Or was it blinded by the knowledge of knowledge ?

"Deep-sounding"ness has a seductive charm of its own. Thankfully """deep-sounding"ness"" has nothing going for it sonically.