"If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both.“


-Bodhidharma

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If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both.

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