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From: Rolf Mantel <news@hartig-mantel.de>
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Subject: Re: Ove Interest?
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 16:52:16 +0100
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Am 24.02.2025 um 16:23 schrieb AMuzi:
> On 2/24/2025 8:49 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>> On 2/24/2025 8:09 AM, John B. wrote:
>>>
>>> I would doubt very much that a large segment of the readers here would
>>> be familiar with the term  Zen. 
>>
>> I suppose you could ask.
>>
>> Speaking for myself, it's been about a week since Zen Buddhism came up 
>> in conversation with a friend, and there was a brief mention in a 
>> conversation with different friends two days ago.
>>
>> Not that I'm an expert.
>>
>>
> +1 I think most people have at least a passing familiarity.
> I read this in 1967 but never achieved enlightenment. Nor was I able to 
> levitate. Dammit.
> 
> https://www.alibris.com/Life-and-teaching-of-the-masters-of-the-Far- 
> East-Baird-T-Spalding/book/3929244?matches=181

Shortly after I was born, somebody wrote a famous book placing the word 
"zen" firmly into the list of words people weere expected to know about:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance>