[extropy-chat] Zen Garden

[Adrian Tymes]

--- Dirk Bruere <dirk at neopax.com> wrote:
> Natasha Vita-More wrote:
> > Which begs the question:  Is zen a personal
> experience that each one 
> > of us appreciates differently, or is it assumed
> that what is zen for 
> > me is zen for you as well?

Life is not just a bunch of if-zen statements.  ;)

> Zen is the Diamond Sutra.
> http://www.buddhistinformation.com/diamondsutra.htm

Ne...contains statements that could be misinterpreted.
For instance:

> Subhuti, do you think that the space in the Eastern
> Quarter can be measured?" 
> 
> "No, World-Honored One."

...when clearly, space can be (and has been) measured.
But then, this seems to be the nature of most (all?)
such fables.