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Re: Request for help re: Margin size and bindings?
Subject:Re: Request for help re: Margin size and bindings? From:dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sun, 19 May 2002 09:41:33 -0700
Stan Schwartz wrote:
>
> Oooooommmmmm. Ooooommmmm. Zen your way through their ignorance.
Bev Corwin felt compelled to reply:
>
> Ohm is from Tibetan... Zen is from Japanese. Combining them as though they
> are the same thing is typical American ignorance, speaking of ignorance.
Actually, "Ohm" is from Electricity. :)
"Om" is a Sanskrit word used in both Hinduism (prevalent in India) and Buddhism
(practiced all over Asia).
"Zen" is a Japanese word, but it describes a school of Buddhism practiced in China, as
well as Japan.
Even if one assumes Mr. Schwartz was equating the two, simply because he used them in
the same paragraph, it's not such a far-fetched association: no doubt the two
cultures have crossed paths many times over the centuries they've existed.
Rather than simply firing off a snippy retort to Ms. Corwin's unnecessary, unhelpful,
and unwarranted message, I spent five minutes with a dictionary so I'd actually have a
clue.
(Speaking of ignorance...)
--David
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