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Driven to despair by his fruitless attempts to understand the universe, the sage Devadasa finally announced in desperation, "All statements that contain the word 'God' are false."

Instantly, his least favorite disciple, Somasiri, replied, "The sentence I am now speaking contains the word 'God'. I fail to see, oh noble master, how that simple statement can be false."

Devadasa considered the matter for several poyas. Then he answered, this time with apparent satisfaction. "Only statements that do not contain the word 'God' can be true."

After a pause barely sufficient for a starving mongoose to swallow a millet seed, Somasiri replied, "If this statement applies to itself, oh venerable one, it cannot be true, because it contains the word 'God'. But if it is not true - "

At this point, Devadasa broke his begging bowl upon Somasiri's head, and should therefore be honored as the true founder of Zen.

- From a fragment of the the Kulavampsa, as yet undiscovered


-- The Fountains of Paradise, Arthur C. Clarke