Jim, To provide you an answer, I think that the zen master would raise one finger (independent of language). Your level of understanding depends on how you filter that response.
Cheers, bob On -Sep18-2009, at -Sep18-200911:16 AM, James C Field wrote: > 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. > > Best regards, > Jim. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
