Re: virus: Re: Discipline of Translation

David McFadzean (david@lucifer.com)
Mon, 07 Jul 1997 14:12:01 -0600


At 10:26 PM 06/07/97 -0700, Tim Rhodes wrote:

>(As an aside: Perhaps this is why logic is ill suited to this task
>(teaching Zen). There are no clear one-to-one relationships to describe
>the state being invoked or translated, and they do not necessarily bare
>any resemblance to the tools being used to transfer them. "One hand
>clapping" doesn't lend itself very well to an if/then or and/or
>statement.)

IF there are no clear one-to-one relationships to describe
the state being invoked OR translated, AND they do not necessarily bare
any resemblance to the tools being used to transfer them, THEN
perhaps this is why logic is ill suited to this task of teaching Zen.

Hmmm, reasoning about Zen? That's supposed to be impossible.

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