Mondo

[artharaja]

Fa-yen, a Chinese Zen teacher, overheard four monks arguing about subjectivity and objectivity. He joined them and said: "There is a big stone. Do you consider it to be inside or outside your mind?"
One of the monks replied: "From the Buddhist viewpoint everything is an objectification of mind, so I would say that the stone is inside my

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[camerapansleft]

ok, don't get it, didn't get the other one either.

oh well.

[artharaja]

The Zen master here chiding the monk for his philosophical contortions. Enlightenment is an 'aha' state which such philosophising is unlikely to lead to.

[camerapansleft]

uh huh i'll just nod and pretend.

[artharaja]

Do you think arguing about the role of consubstantiation in the theological schema of neo-platonism going to 'save' a Christian?

It's something like that.

[camerapansleft]

uh huh

[artharaja]

*Hands you a dunce cap*

*Evil grinnnnnnnnn*