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"It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows."

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The Fifth Patriarch held a poetry contest to determine his successor. One monk wrote about polishing a mirror to remove dust (the ego). While Huineng, an illiterate novice, responded that there's no mirror to begin with.


When the secret is revealed to you, you will know that you are not other than God, but that you yourself are the object of your quest.

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1 minute ago, cetus said:

The Fifth Patriarch held a poetry contest to determine his successor. One monk wrote about polishing a mirror to remove dust (the ego). While Huineng, an illiterate novice, responded that there's no mirror to begin with.

First polish the mirror, then drop the polisher or mirror.

All is step by step. 


"It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows."

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11 minutes ago, cetus said:

The Fifth Patriarch held a poetry contest to determine his successor. One monk wrote about polishing a mirror to remove dust (the ego). While Huineng, an illiterate novice, responded that there's no mirror to begin with.

You have the best reference pool in that brain of yours.

A catalogue of delicious delights.

Always a treat :x


It is far easier to fool someone, than to convince them they have been fooled.

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