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From: rsk@stat-l (Rich Kulawiec)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Open suggestion to Jeff Sargent
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Date: Thu, 3-Jan-85 18:26:23 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan  3 18:26:23 1985
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> 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?
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