Comments | utenasama: Ancient Chinese Secret, Eh?

utenasama

Ancient Chinese Secret, Eh?

Aug 22, 2005 04:36

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PUBLIC CHALLENGE

In Buddhist folklore it is said the one who can answer this question correctly has the power to be a God.

Q: Why is the grass green?(Hint: The answer is only correct when it is not ( Read more... )

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You cheater. utenasama August 22 2005, 13:05:39 UTC

If that were the true Buddhist/Diety answer, geese would have much more clout in the Eastern world and parts of South America.

*tweek*

durandel August 22 2005, 13:32:19 UTC

Six bales of wheat.

And a pocket full of rye. utenasama August 22 2005, 13:37:13 UTC

I'm sorry, that would be the answer to the question: What are the Amish willing to pay to keep you away from their handsome teenage sons?

Good try, greater lack of effort.

Re: And a pocket full of rye. durandel August 22 2005, 15:49:58 UTC

grass is green because I am black.

Bling eggs and ham. utenasama August 22 2005, 15:58:39 UTC

So why are you black and why is the grass green, brother friend?

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Ooh, so damned close. utenasama August 22 2005, 13:45:31 UTC

You'd have to elaborate on that.

(Hint: Of course the grass just is, but can you think of why the grass is green, or is that the true importance of the question?)

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speaker4thedead August 22 2005, 15:14:03 UTC

Because we've decided to say that it's green.

Hmm, interesting ... utenasama August 22 2005, 15:17:11 UTC

So, if you mean the grass is green because "we", as in you and any other participant, say it is then what is it that makes it it and why is it green to "we" in the first place?

Re: Hmm, interesting ... speaker4thedead August 22 2005, 15:22:13 UTC

Fine.

Will you agree that it's pink?

I mean, what difference does it make anyways... so long as we agree?

Nope, nope, nope ... utenasama August 22 2005, 15:26:05 UTC

But how can you be an omnipotent universal force if you choose to always agree for the sake of lack of your own truth?

Aren't Gods capable of knowing why the grass is green without having to ask the grass itself or any other living being considering the grass is still only green to you and I am just asking why (to you) or what makes it it.
Start with the self, for a blatant hint.

Understand?

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lushlush August 22 2005, 15:34:30 UTC

Because otherwise it wouldn't be grass.

Leica the love bug! utenasama August 22 2005, 15:39:18 UTC

So all things green are grass?

Re: Leica the love bug! speaker4thedead August 22 2005, 15:42:54 UTC

According to some of my students... Yes.

I teach a course in logic at the community college. My illustration of this particular logical falacy is (first asking if anyone minds if I cuss to make sure they never forget the point) "Chocolate is brown. So's dog shit. Who's gonna be the first in our class to eat a dog-turd?

7 years in a Buddhist monastery prove that all things have an answer and yet cannot be answered ... utenasama August 22 2005, 15:47:17 UTC

... if thought of.

I have yet to finish my PhDs in Theology and Linguistics, however, this question was one of 1001 Verbal Zen questions presented to me and I got it correct on my first try (although I took the longest route possible).

People seem to be so compelled to stick on the green and the grass.
It would be easier to just answer what is and why it is in the first place, don't you think?

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