TRTR Part 1, Chapter V, Page 169

[Mark Kohut]

I see...but does America appropriate even that into its 'art'?  did he see jazz 
as an art
do we know? In this way, did America not get the buddha (in general)? 

Or, what a joke about Buddhism? 



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From: Jed Kelestron <jedkelestron at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: TRTR Part 1, Chapter V, Page 169

When Buddha Smiles refers back to the repeated "nothing" that begins
the chapter:

Frank Zappa: A true Zen saying: Nothing is what I want ...