“The girl over there, is she the elder or the younger sister? If the student is a woman: That guy over
there, is he the younger or older brother?”
This suggested a little suspicion (paranoia?) in me when I jumped to the conclusion that maybe someone was trying to fool me, like the kid who sold me a two-headed nickel, only to discover it had been soldered together. Koans are another lesson to exhibit curiosity rather than jumping to conclusions.
Saturday, October 11, 2025
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