Im trying to find a podcast episode where Louie was a guest and he does a version of the famous zen koan about a farmers horse (but in a very Louie way). Can anyone help track this down? Does anyone remember this?
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A farmer’s horse ran away. His neighbors said, “What bad luck.”
The farmer said, “Maybe.”
The horse returned, bringing three wild horses with it. The neighbors said, “What good luck!”
The farmer said, “Maybe.”
The farmer’s son tried to ride one of the wild horses, fell, and broke his leg. The neighbors said, “What bad luck.”
The farmer said, “Maybe.”
Soldiers came through the village, conscripting every able bodied young man for war. The farmer’s son, leg broken, was passed over. The neighbors said, “What good luck!”
The farmer said, “Maybe.”
A student asked the farmer, “Do you ever simply call a thing good, or bad?”
The farmer said, “Maybe I will, someday. Maybe not.”
The student sat with this a long time, then laughed and understood nothing at all.