[extropy-chat] Zen Garden

[Dirk Bruere]

Adrian Tymes wrote:

>>Zen is the Diamond Sutra.
>>http://www.buddhistinformation.com/diamondsutra.htm
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>Ne...contains statements that could be misinterpreted.
>For instance:
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>>Subhuti, do you think that the space in the Eastern
>>Quarter can be measured?" 
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>>"No, World-Honored One."
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>...when clearly, space can be (and has been) measured.
>But then, this seems to be the nature of most (all?)
>such fables.
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And the value changes with each measurement.
But that's not the point.

Natasha's 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?" would have been considered a sublime joke had it not 
been meant seriously.

-- 
Dirk

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