Automated Zen


[Editor's Note: The following text was generated by a computer. The precise manner in which it was generated is obscure, but relates to lexical analysis and Markov chains and a program called "markov3" posted to the usenet network. This program was fed an entire book, a book by a certain Tibetan spiritual author whose work we happened to have on-line and available. The program than chewed over this book for an hour or two and regurgitated this, some of it highly amusing. To make it even more amusing, a human editor has pruned out the blatantly nonsensical and uninteresting parts, leaving only the jewels of computer-generated wisdom for your enjoyment. Since the editor only scanned 1% of the generated output, many more pearls are available.]

1.    There are numerous sidetracks which lead to birth.
2.    There are many things for us because we are not really transcendental at all.
3.    The yidams allow you to stop caring altogether.
4.    When fruit is ripe, it automatically falls away.
5.    When we awaken, we refuse to see its simplicity, the rugged quality of the Buddha within oneself.
6.    If we really let go of one's imagination and dream, then, equally, one is holding a lump of rock.
7.    The emotions play the role of cold icy water, you accept it.
8.    That is the true meaning of "the meeting of the illness in your sacred books."
9.    The problem lies in the sense of humor. It is a description of an enlightened being, "-- because he feels dejected, helpless, and so on."
10.    If you want to run away from temptation, we become vegetarians.
11.    There is an accumulation of a second.
12.    They are dancing around us and the dark, the good side, in order to comfort us.
13.    Patience also feels space.
14.    Every texture we perceive has some spiritual implication automatically, and we attempt to anchor ourselves to the "promised land."
15.    Vajra is the interesting point. I think it will work.
16.    Imagine if we proceed further and examine the Buddhist path from beginning to end, from the other direction as well.
17.    You realize that openness is complete peace in all directions, so that pleasure is regarded as knowledge.