If you say
you have seen
the Buddha
you are blind.
If you say
you are a Buddha
you are deluded.
If you say
you wish to be
a Buddha you
will never be.
A reflection on Case 42 of the Book of Equanimity (従容錄, Shōyōroku)
NANYO’S WASHBASIN
If you say
you have seen
the Buddha
you are blind.
If you say
you are a Buddha
you are deluded.
If you say
you wish to be
a Buddha you
will never be.
A reflection on Case 42 of the Book of Equanimity (従容錄, Shōyōroku)
an old writer and his words 
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