bill lam wrote: > On Thu, 17 Sep 2009, James C Field wrote: > >> bill lam wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 14 Sep 2009, emptist wrote: >>> >>> >>>> A famous ancient master of Zen would always say the same two words to every >>>> visitors to him, 'drink tea', he would say. That means much. One of them >>>> may be 'taste it, the truth is within you'. >>>> >>>> >>> It is very easy to pose as a zen master. There was another monk who >>> always raised one finger as the answer (one finger zen, but not that >>> practiced by shaolin monks). Three candidates for a public >>> examination went together and asked the master to predict how many of >>> then will get a pass. The master just raised one finger as usual. >>> And he did actually foretell the result. The reason will be leaved as >>> an exercise to readers. >>> >>> >>> >> HUH? >> > > number of candidate get pass, > 0 = not even one pass > 1 = one pass > 2 = one fail > 3 = all pass > > Obviously English is not your first language. Sorry, I UNDERSTAND NOTHING OF YOUR REPLY.
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