import random
def samsara():
enlightened = False
lifetimes_of_ignorance = 0
karma = 0
buddha_karma = 42 ** 42
while not enlightened:
karma += random.randint(buddha_karma / -42, buddha_karma / 42)
if karma < buddha_karma:
lifetimes_of_ignorance += 1
else:
days_sitting = 0
while days_sitting < 7:
days_sitting += 1
if days_sitting == 7:
enlightened = True
print('You achieved enlightenment after %i lifetimes of ignorance. Enjoy!' % lifetimes_of_ignorance)
samsara()
#To try it:
#1.) go to http://codepad.org
#2.) select python as the language
#3.) paste in the whole poem
#4.) click submit
This was a project for a class on experimental form at the Naropa Summer Writing Program in Boulder, CO about a year ago -- www.naropa.edu/swp/
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