Thinking "the unthinkable" and teaching "the impossible": East-West dialogue through "chaos" of aesthetic formulation, butterfly effect of sagely action, and responsive and responsible Wuwei of De.

East-West Connections | January 1, 2005| | Copyright

It was [Dr.] Gray at [a certain] College. The question was one on a final exam in East-West Philosophy. I think we were supposed to pick one question from the pages of questions Dr. Gray had prepared and then write for the whole exam period on it. (Can't remember if [the college] had one-hour or two-hour final exam periods.) The question went something like this:

You are a Zen monk. It is early autumn. You are walking. You pause on a footbridge over a small stream and watch a single fallen leaf that floats under the bridge and passes on down the stream, eventually ...

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