A lesser light asks Ummon...

[Ari Rahikkala]

What is B0O0/\/\?Ummon answers:Three pounds of TNT!(koans that don't make any sense until you notice they do make sense are one thing, but koans that make sense in a strange way until you notice that they don't actually make any sense at all are another) In order to find his equal, an Irishman is forced to talk to a Finn.

[UEC]

What's a Koan? anything like a Cone? mmm.. snowcone.. E. Metzler (UEC)Duke of Brookshire"Never use a BOO/\/\ist as a diplomat" -- GSClicky Clicky..., Tiss for your own good ya know.

[Ari Rahikkala]

dictionary.reference.com says: A puzzling, often paradoxical statement or story, used in Zen Buddhism as an aid to meditation and a means of gaining spiritual awakening. In order to find his equal, an Irishman is forced to talk to a Finn.

[UEC]

Sounds good to me! E. Metzler (UEC)Duke of Brookshire"Never use a BOO/\/\ist as a diplomat" -- GSClicky Clicky..., Tiss for your own good ya know.

[Scott Alexander]

A monk asked Joshu: "Is there Buddha nature in ice-cream?"Joshu replied "Is this an ice cream koan?"Upon hearing this, the monk was enlightened. Bearbeitet von: Scott Siskind  am: 8/13/03 11:43 pm

[Gryphon Avocatio]

Gathr came forth pleadingly to His Lord Loki, and in humbleness asked the God "Tell me, oh Lord! How doth a man reach the Hala and the Fjell?"Loki came down from the Hala. He took the man up with him to the grand hights above the Valan Mountains to the North. Loki said "How dost thou get down from these mountains?"Loki left the man. The man began returning from the mountains. A beast jumped from the rocks above. Despite his best efforts, he was no match for the beast and the beast devoured the man.In Himl, Loki met the man. He spake: "Thou hast failed the Gods. Thou couldst not come down from thy hill. Gathr, thou art not worthy of the Hala. Prove thyself in the next life."And Gathr was reincarnated as Alm Grifos. Gryphon Avocatio Shirerothian Elder SAVE THE ELF! Save the Kiwi! See the Site "War is the form nostalgia takes when men are hard-pressed to say something good about their country."

[UEC]

I LIKE that one... E. Metzler (UEC)Duke of Brookshire"Never use a BOO/\/\ist as a diplomat" -- GSClicky Clicky..., Tiss for your own good ya know.

[Gryphon Avocatio]

Thankyou. Gryphon Avocatio Shirerothian Elder SAVE THE ELF! Save the Kiwi! See the Site "War is the form nostalgia takes when men are hard-pressed to say something good about their country."

[Ari Rahikkala]

I wonder what a B0O0/\/\ist enlightenment would look like anyway... In order to find his equal, an Irishman is forced to talk to a Finn.

[Gryphon Avocatio]

Yardistani Boomist...thing...Ce Loki, Dio du Iardista ce du todr Kosr Lokix ce ipreditablix, preguntaja "¿Kyu veneja unix: Polo yo Uebo?" Gryphon Avocatio Shirerothian Elder SAVE THE ELF! Save the Kiwi! See the Site "War is the form nostalgia takes when men are hard-pressed to say something good about their country."

[UEC]

What's this about Chicken? E. Metzler (UEC)Duke of Brookshire"Never use a BOO/\/\ist as a diplomat" -- GSClicky Clicky..., Tiss for your own good ya know.

[Gryphon Avocatio]

"And Loki, God of Yardistan and of all things crazy and unpredictable, asked "What came first, the chicken or the egg?"I don't know...i was bored... Gryphon Avocatio Shirerothian Elder SAVE THE ELF! Save the Kiwi! See the Site "War is the form nostalgia takes when men are hard-pressed to say something good about their country."

[UEC]

Well.. what did you say? E. Metzler (UEC)Duke of Brookshire"Never use a BOO/\/\ist as a diplomat" -- GSClicky Clicky..., Tiss for your own good ya know.

[Gryphon Avocatio]

What i put in the above post... Gryphon Avocatio Shirerothian Elder SAVE THE ELF! Save the Kiwi! See the Site "War is the form nostalgia takes when men are hard-pressed to say something good about their country."

[UEC]

OH... OH! E. Metzler (UEC)Duke of Brookshire"Never use a BOO/\/\ist as a diplomat" -- GSClicky Clicky..., Tiss for your own good ya know.

[Zirandorthel]

I'd say Boo/\/\ist enlightenment would be like a big endless game of Quazar, or whatever you crazy Yanks call it, except with real guns. Big, mother-fucking guns. ZirandorthelThe Golden DarknessNiirus Tinenetuwar"In order to find his equal, an Irishman is forced to talk to God."-Stephen Braveheart

[Gryphon Avocatio]

No...that's more like Conservitive United States Citizen enlightenment...Actually, I think we've become less explosive...now we sit here and ask Ummon questions he doesn't know the answer to... Gryphon Avocatio Shirerothian Elder SAVE THE ELF! Save the Kiwi! See the Site "War is the form nostalgia takes when men are hard-pressed to say something good about their country."

[UEC]

Yeah.. it has changed.. ALOT... use to be nothing but Nukes... Now we almost never talk about the beauty of a Nuclear explosion.. the deadly, horible beauty of it... The color, the size, the deafening roar... The power of the shockwave... The sheer.. POWER of it all. The energy of it. It is almost... devine.. and at the same time.. Pure evil.... It is the Ying and the Yang. Both glorious.. and... horrible.. at the same time. And if you've ever seen the film of a nuke going off in space... oh... the symitry... perfect spheres... perfect elipses.. a pure brightness, that no other thing, shot of a star can create. No candle, no lightbulb, no bonfire, can achieve the sure light of a nuke. *rambles off, contuing his monilogue about the terrible glory of a nuclear blast.* E. Metzler (UEC)Duke of Brookshire"Never use a BOO/\/\ist as a diplomat" -- GSClicky Clicky..., Tiss for your own good ya know.

[ErosDarkstar]

Quote:I wonder what a B0O0/\/\ist enlightenment would look like anyway... Three words: "Spontanious Human Combustion" Eros Darkstar al Sylvas ij Qel'AthasLast Son of Night"The Great are Only Great because we are on our knees. Let us rise!" -Stirner"There never was a saint with red hair" -Russian Proverb

[Phoenix the Risen]

2) *wanders in*3) *reads post*4) *Spontaneously Combusts*......1) *Is reborn from own ashes...* Let's get ready to RoX0Rz!!!

[Gryphon Avocatio]

Alm Grifos grew in Thule as the poor son of a sailor. He, as all children were, was taught of the almighty gods that were to dictate the realm of life and the mighty lands of Valhalla, heaven of the Slain.Priests and seers saw his past, a failure to Loki, but as well as a one of the few with a connection to the divine. His parents were told of their sons power to communicate with the beings of the Hala, and he was sent to study at the temple in Vanaheim.By his seventeenth year he had divined a dozen prophecies and had discovered two more gods. His temple began to enslave him. He was forced to choose between god and man.Grifos stole off to on a clipper to Fabon. He changed his name to become a new man. Gryphon. And there he lived for many years.When he was to be twenty, a man approached him seeking advice. He spake to Gryphon "Gryphon, I hear that you are wise, wiser than many! The word is that used to be a priest to the north. I ask, how is it that one can reach Valhala?"Gryphon replied, afraid of his own answer and his own legend: "Fail not the Gods. Any man can get to heaven, for that is the place for all. What makes heaven any different from Valhala? I shall tell you, good man. Behind every rock and in every crevice creeps a monster that could destroy you. Do not be weak and be prepared; you must fight these monsters. If you loose, you will loose Valhala and eternal pampering. But if you can conquer the worst, you will be rewarded." -Gryphon Avocatio- Lord Governor and Duke of all Yardistan - Minister of Research and Education, Shireroth - Shirerothian Elder - "Minsiter of Dance, Pants and Funny Walks" - SAVE THE KIWI!! - Lover of Llamas "You're intense and driven. That can lead to a lot of good things. It can also lead to high blood pressure and a closing of the arteries." -Mr. Mathews -- "I think that people who drive Hummers are clueless, and that they just have enough money to advertise it." -Peter Camejo -- "Skanky-Deutch-Ho-Bag!!" -Mike