Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rolf Mantel Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Ove Interest? Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 16:52:16 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <8j6crjt6k859s5kn3bg5pafd7js4g14fdv@4ax.com> <3u8crj5p3umbgb1eumudsj1qpbajspj14l@4ax.com> <0vucrjd87524n3u21535lq4ufn5mrockll@4ax.com> <49rorj9rap7bjo4ov4iv7edkmcp78jarea@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 16:52:15 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9f2acddc3f0b60a7869c590c6a21cdd7"; logging-data="1095340"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX192+pg+G08uYT/WTCjqWKQN" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:e89zMpuFgEX6e9zstmvzSQAqkbk= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2599 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: