Message from jschilp

[Anonymous]

I absolutely love the first paragraph of the article "The Origins of Zen". It shows what I've been saying for ages that translations of translations can create entire new stories or meanings in writing. For me, it's a pleasure to see the development of the term over centuries. These things always fascinate me.
It's not so surprising that the narrator of the story didn't have enough confidence in his own thoughts as to present them but at the same time, writing them on the walls was a bold move. What this proves to me is simply that we can utter truths and epiphanies but if we lack faith in our own words, we will not take our own messages.