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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- And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment.
- Life and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain.
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