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)

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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