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[Proxima]

That was a tough one -- but the hints were very helpful!

My turn now.....

BUBBLE has the Buddha-nature
WRAP does not have the Buddha-nature

[Simon]

BUBBLEWRAP
WRAPBUBBLE
BULE
BU
B
ARPR
BBBELU
BELU

-- Simon

[Proxima]

White:
ARPR
B
BBBELU
BELU
BU
BUBBLE
BUBBLEWRAP
BULE
WRAPBUBBLE

Black:
WRAP

[Simon]

W
WRA
WRAPPER
WRAPWRAP

XRAP

-- Simon

[Proxima]

White:
ARPR
B
BBBELU
BELU
BU
BUBBLE
BUBBLEWRAP
BULE
WRA
WRAPBUBBLE
WRAPPER

Black:
APRW
W
WRAP
WRAPWRAP
XRAP

[Simon]

YRAP
V
N
M
WW
WRAB

-- Simon

[Proxima]

White:
ARPR
B
BBBELU
BELU
BU
BUBBLE
BUBBLEWRAP
BULE
WRA
WRAPBUBBLE
WRAPPER
YRAP

Black:
APRW
M
N
V
W
WRAB
WRAP
WRAPWRAP
WW
XRAP

[Simon]

O
OZ
OZZ
OZZZ
BZZZZ

-- Simon

[Proxima]

White:
ARPR
B
BBBELU
BELU
BU
BUBBLE
BUBBLEWRAP
BULE
BZZZZ
WRA
WRAPBUBBLE
WRAPPER
YRAP

Black:
APRW
H
M
N
O
OZ
OZZ
OZZZ
V
W
WRAB
WRAP
WRAPWRAP
WW
X
XRAP

[Simon]

The joys of debugging.

Y
YR
YRA

WRAPPE
WRAPP

UBBLE
ULE

-- Simon

[Proxima]

White:
ARPR
B
BBBELU
BELU
BU
BUBBLE
BUBBLEWRAP
BULE
BZZZZ
WRA
WRAPBUBBLE
WRAPP
WRAPPER
Y
YRAP

Black:
APRW
H
M
N
O
OZ
OZZ
OZZZ
UBBLE
ULE
V
W
WRAB
WRAP
WRAPPE
WRAPWRAP
WW
X
XRAP
YR
YRA

[Simon]

Wild speculation, which shall not provoke hints, but which people love to read anyway:

* Order of letters doesn't seem to matter
* Symmetry of individual letters seems to play a role.
* If you can mirror letters vertically (B, E), it tends to make koans white. Vertical mirroring means there is a horizontal axis of symmetry.
* Horizontal symmetry, or both symmetry axes present (W, V, H, X, O) don't contribute or maybe make actively black. If there is something to this hunch, then probably both axes present makes them cancel out each other.

Guess: AKHTBN iff count(vertical-symmetric letters = horizontal axis of symmetry) > count(horizontal-symmetric letters = vertical axis of symmetry). <-- Fails for WRAPPER, which is white.

WRAP black, WRAPP white. Also Y white.

New koans:

UBLE
BBELU
YO
YOO

-- Simon

[Proxima]

White:
ARPR
B
BBBELU
BELU
BU
BUBBLE
BUBBLEWRAP
BULE
BZZZZ
UBLE
WRA
WRAPBUBBLE
WRAPP
WRAPPER
Y
YO
YOO
YRAP

Black:
APRW
BBELU
H
M
N
O
OZ
OZZ
OZZZ
UBBLE
ULE
V
W
WRAB
WRAP
WRAPPE
WRAPWRAP
WW
X
XRAP
YR
YRA

[Simon]

BB
BBBB
BBBBB
YY
BY
A
R
LU

Attached is the koan formatter with a batch file. How to use:

• Extract archive somewhere.
  
• Add new white koans at the end of zendo-w.txt. If you add them after an empty line, they'll be bolded.
  
• Add new black koans at the end of zendo-b.txt.
  
• Run runme.bat.
  
• This should generate a file output.txt, copy&paste its contents into a new forum post.
  

-- Simon

[Proxima]

White:
ARPR
B
BBBBB
BBBELU
BELU
BU
BUBBLE
BUBBLEWRAP
BULE
BZZZZ
LU
R
UBLE
WRA
WRAPBUBBLE
WRAPP
WRAPPER
Y
YO
YOO
YRAP

Black:
A
APRW
BB
BBBB
BBELU
BY
H
M
N
O
OZ
OZZ
OZZZ
UBBLE
ULE
V
W
WRAB
WRAP
WRAPPE
WRAPWRAP
WW
X
XRAP
YR
YRA
YY