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Hence, Kerollac nu only mnrlvcd and pprrphrsvd Buddhiw lcru into mem-<br />
Amdm idioms, he dm hew about the mle of wpm ('skilful means.' 'device.' or<br />
Kemw's %ly rubterfu%) in opmading Buddhiun. Thus. Kcrmsc'r pusphraa of<br />
Buddhist rcriptum muld be uud to enlighten his wden with Buddhist philosophy<br />
apeord in modsn bgkh. Kemw atnmpted this with a book called Bvddhn TeIk Us<br />
whifh he tried to have pvbiishcd in 1955. He writer Ginsberg:<br />
80<br />
9uaahaTeLk Usm hw been REdrCd wldly by C0wIe.y. O i i . Smhg-a pal<br />
book. It will m v a m y when it is published md 4. If I an get it thm the<br />
Money chmgm. Be pple who Sincerely mad it will dig. I mean. I've mad it<br />
over three times and it defmitely has magical p o w of enlightenment, it is rmly<br />
a LaLe of LightU<br />
This vieur is em- by Snyder, who mwuraged Kaouac to write lk Primre fl&<br />
Golden Elem'g, a meditation on Buddhist philosophy, raying, 'AU right. kw, it3<br />
about tim far you to write a ~utra'~<br />
Thus. the fint pan of Kemw's Eat Zen w the mult<br />
lhe original ram, fcllawd by rrinrcrprrtation md re-himsldon of the wrb into<br />
mremponry idiom and W y the neation of a nrv 'rani and hi3 'Buddha Telh US<br />
rat which hentanpad toplblirh for the enlightenment of his rerden. Hence. Bat Zen,<br />
prormFganbodhirvh* in 'Saudwgh Mountain Lcokaut." in Ann ChuDn, Led.], lk<br />
Portable Bcnr Re&, lNew York: Viking. 19921. p. 313) ar. 'Gmcl-Y<br />
gondito the moV0 MAMA!'<br />
' Kanuc m O i i (Racky Mount. N.C.: July 14, 1555). in Kaouac, Scktrcd<br />
Lcncn. p. 498.<br />
"Snyder, quoted in l ach. The Countmulolre Lmk9 Em.' p.57.
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