Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site stat-l Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxj!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!Pucc-H:Pucc-I:Stat-L:rsk From: rsk@stat-l (Rich Kulawiec) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Open suggestion to Jeff Sargent Message-ID: <252@stat-l> Date: Thu, 3-Jan-85 18:26:23 EST Article-I.D.: stat-l.252 Posted: Thu Jan 3 18:26:23 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Jan-85 02:56:08 EST References: <3209@alice.UUCP> <1629@pucc-h> Organization: Purdue University Lines: 14 > From: Jeff Sargent > > I understood most of the poem, and its relevance to net.singles, but would you > mind explaining the first two lines? >> Although innumerable beings have been led to Nirvana >> no being has been led to Nirvana It's not meant to be easily explainable; such is the essence of the koan. Why not think about it for a while, and find your own answer? -- Rich Kulawiec @ Purdue C.C. Unix Systems Group rsk@purdue-asc.arpa (decvax,ihnp4,uiucdcs)!pur-ee!rsk.uucp (decwrl,hplabs,ucbvax)!purdue!rsk.uucp Wombats are partially protected under the Wildlife Act of 1975.