A Zen Koan

Featuring Salvador the Gangster

Salvador was an infamous and infintely wise gang lord. One day, as he sat drinking his tequilla, in a southern Mexican bar, he said, "Caballeros, you sing like angels. I can answer any question you boys may ask." One of the young boys stood up, "Whats the real meaning of life?". Salvador stood up and hit him in the head with his pistol and the kid fell unconscious. Few of the the fellow drunkards in the bar got enlightened suddenly. It was almost dawn, the sun hadn't risen yet.

According to Salvador, the perceiver and perceived had to be identified for a question to exist and that division or duality renders the question meaningless when it comes to questions about the 'whole'.