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Sunday, March 4, 2007

Enlightenment distorted, nonsense clarified

I have been reading a lot of the books that Duane Beitmen gave me on Buddhism and thinking a lot about the exactitude of the words which have been translated in various combinations from Sanscrit to Chinese to Japanese and to English. Also I have been thinking about how words cannot describe how to become enlightened, but only to point the way, as indeed no words can ever describe any experience.

And so I present, without an original (as indeed I am not using an original myself) 8 versions of Buddha's words - each is translated from English to each of the languages shown, back to English, and then to the nest language on the list, for a total of 16 translations each. It is a wonder that there is anything left in common with any of these phrases, and yet (this is the thing) I think there is something meaningful to be extracted from the empty spaces in the matrix set up in your mind by these sentences:

Arabic - Chinese - French - German - Japanese - Korean - Russian - Spanish

Wonder! The miracle of Buddha of all the material tanning vat lives, but the thought and suppresses to the information [launching] all the virtues. He, along with 11,934 left thoughts and aspirations in the space.

Chinese - French - German - Japanese - Korean - Russian - Spanish - Arabic

See! However, the impression of a miracle of the tube all the pipes will be beaten down in the minds of gasoline Buddha and return to the people Virtue and benefits Akarosis there will be a need to maintain.

French - German - Japanese - Korean - Russian - Spanish - Arabic - Chinese

! You know that such a miracle impression pipelines, and This is going to provide information and son to thank all the local reality and agree with ideas, akarosis but not all those who may go to the bars.

German - Japanese - Korean - Russian - Spanish - Arabic - Chinese - French

! The miracles occur, the sector of energy will be all kinds of information and quality of frame Florida but the aspect and the reality of the loss of interests of the people, in spite of the difficulties, these reforms could not determine, in a very difficult way that the drains are sure.

Japanese - Korean - Russian - Spanish - Arabic - Chinese - French - German

Sky! In the heart of the sky, history of the advantages into up fan genes of Information and Kraft, but it did not forget, Montenegro all inhabitants and the degree of the muscle, because it believes this, are the complexity of Opposition.

Korean - Russian - Spanish - Arabic - Chinese - French - German - Japanese

Sky! Everyone of mind of sky and people and with one side confusing report or relationship, because intelligence and virtue. But you did not take that.

Russian - Spanish - Arabic - Chinese - French - German - Japanese - Korean

Miracle! of miracle In the first the people the many thing because does not see the mind where his person is strong, life of thought, Buddha, and there is to a rear of information and virtue, misunderstand.

Spanish - Arabic - Chinese - French - German - Japanese - Korean - Russian

Marvel! However, the miracle of the information or the force of humanity and justice, which is wrong, it shows Buddha and each body is not a way of life nose Exchange, which is suitable.

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Lastly, I would like to print a strange text - when I for the very first time used the Arabic translator to translate Buddha's words I accidentally translated arabic to arabic and this is what came out (as translated back into English):

Wonder of Wonders! Substantially all organisms Buddha does not have the wisdom and virtue, but because people's minds have become illusory and reverse through thinking and Enzarasama JP August c occupation hear! C wants the equivalent of dollars, concluded concluded a remarkable c hear a correction by automatic k ddd Force corrections please concluded an introduction of corrections a b y concluded a remarkable occupation as a corrections please introduce corrections Note k occupation of a May agreement and the withdrawal of occupation equivalent occupation occupation of a presidential k a presidential y z Presidential occupation of the presidential equivalent amounts FZ S. August S / 1999 / 815, please note I hear k o monthly wanted to introduce corrections concluded corrections marked by S occupation occupation of a clash k May dollars, an introduction of corrections the dollars, the equivalent of a paid occupation y aa occupation of May in the Syrian occupation.

1 comment:

Eff Gwazdor said...

I forgot to say - these are the first words that Buddha said when he attained enlightenment - according to the tradition of Soto Zen in Japan, as translatied to English by Philip Kapleau. I am still not going to give you the original words...

I have the feeling that Buddha must have said something more similar to the 8 phrases here than the original these were derived from.

BTW - "Akarosis" only has 3 google hits - none of which are clear, although it seems related to parasites and disease.
"Enzarasama" has zero google hits.