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Quotes about Koan

God was my co-pilot, but we crashed in the mountains and I had to eat Him.  Explain.

Rob Brezsny : Gaia Explorer
Rob Brezsny
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Koan: Why DID the chicken cross the road?

Edward Paul Abbey : American writer & radical environmentalist
Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989)
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The only way to reply to a non-dualist is to ask an inscrutable koan “Does Buddha Wear Harmony Hairspray?”

Dave Oshana
Source: http://blog.oshana.org/does-buddha-wear-harmony-hairspray/
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With gorilla gone, will there be hope for man?  With man gone, will there be hope for gorilla?

unknown : Gaia Child
unknown
Source: Ishmael by daniel quinn
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