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alanbwt | 7 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +7 
 “If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.”

— Alan Watts quoting Linji Yixuan https://image.nostr.build/2dc078395bb0d21253506b965045e79c4c348e804a9dc2cf10d7ebb661ccbfde.jpg
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hecov | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 What’s the context of this? Or the message being conveyed?
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alanbwt | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 The meaning of this zen koan is to, in modern parlance, “kill your heroes.” In other words, do not make an idol out of a man, as everyone and everything already has Buddha nature
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hecov | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Ahh. Should have gotten that. Thanks!
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Gigi | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +4 
 “If you meet Satoshi on the road, kill him.”
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