Hi, bob That story was told by Bill anyway let's look at it an object oriented way then it would be:
the same 1 message send to different objects may carry 1 very different meaning (which is just yet another 1 object ) to each 1 and thus you get different 1 answers or not even 1 direct answer at all (nil = undifinedObject or a messageNotUnderstand exception). There is nothing new. It's said that Buddha teaches in 1 word and every listener get its 1 own lesson. And the same might also apply well if you tend to replace the name 'Buddha' with a 'God' (however with the same meaning hopefully). The same 1 truth talks to every 1 living being every 1 moment and each 1 gets its own God or truth. bob therriault-2 wrote: > > 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 > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/finally%2C-I%27ve-made-tiny-Smalltalk-program-for-ChineseJ-tp25435672s24193p25517651.html Sent from the J Chat mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
