Caveat: Ending up at philosophy

There is a meme (perhaps started at xkcd) that says that following the first (non parenthetical) link on a wikipedia article, recursively, always leads to the article entitled "Philosophy."  Someone built a widget online to test this.  You can try out random wikipedia articles, and see them leading to Philosophy – it draws a tree.  Here's a tree I made with some random articles using the "random" button.

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There are some caveats (naturally) to how this works – explained here (read the comments thread). I like the example of a circular set of articles (try "Exogeny" in the widget).

Caveat: 106) 부처님. 저는 선지 식을 만날 수 있기를 발원하며 절합니다

“Buddha. I bow and pray to be able to find the ways of the prophets.”
This is #106 out of a series of [broken link! FIXME] 108 daily Buddhist affirmations that I am attempting to translate with my hands tied behind my back (well not really that, but I’m deliberately not seeking out translations on the internet, using only dictionary and grammar).


104. [broken link! FIXME] 부처님. 저는 반야 지혜가 자라기를 발원하며 절합니다.
           “Buddha. I bow and pray to grow in wisdom.”
105. [broken link! FIXME] 부처님. 저는 수행하는 마음이 물러나지 않기를 발원하며 절합니다.
           “Buddha. I bow and pray not to withdraw from a functioning mind.”
106. 부처님. 저는 선지 식을 만날 수 있기를 발원하며 절합니다.

ImagesI would read this one hundred sixth affirmation as: “Buddha. I bow and pray to be able to find the ways of the prophets.”
I’m not sure about “ways of the prophets” for “선지 식” – but just “the prophets” made me uncomfortable. “식” means “ceremony” or “rite.”  I decided to make it “ways.”
I have two affirmations left.  [broken link! FIXME] Raggedsign day is approaching. I think I will make my last post on that anniversary.  Another finishing, another beginning. Year 13 of my life as ghost-in-the-world draws to a close.

[Picture: [broken link! FIXME] Saul on the road to Damascus]

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