The Zen of Farting

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This is the story of Reepah Gud Wan and a translation of The Way of the Gouda, a collection of Zen precepts and discourses as set down by Reepah. This book is a parody of The Zen of Archery, a spoof of Zen, and a satire on the average student of spiritual wisdom. At the same time, it presents a consistent theory of life in its own clouded way.

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No one knows much about Reepah Gud Wan, who lived before the 10th century in China and Japan, except that he was a legitimate Buddhist monk who tired of the inability of his students to grasp the essence of his teaching. In order to shake them up, he introduced the Zen of Farting, expecting his students to see the joke, laugh at it, and then understand his Buddhist teachings better. Unfortunately, they failed to get the joke.