Case Closed
So they figured out which came first, the chicken or the egg. It seems like a sensible enough solution, and it also makes the other chestnuts (One Hand Clapping, the Tree in the Forest, blah blah blah) seem a little more tractable. Perhaps with a couple of well-placed grants from the National Institute of Deep Thinking, we could have the inner workings of the entire koan canon published in our journals, a triumph of focused human energy accomplished in the same spirit as the moon landing and the Golden Gate Bridge, though perhaps not as useful.
But if we solve all the great riddles, what questions will serve as shorthand for the deep unknowables of life? One possibility:
May 28 2006 11:41 pm |
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