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A student asked:
-For all the different people who have come to listen to your words, please
tell us about the way you have found and know.
The Buddha answered:
-When you take things it is because of a thirst, a clinging... continue...

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WHO IS THE ONE WHO DOES NOT KNOW?
One day when P'ang layman (740-808)was selling bamboo baskets at the market place of Hung-chou.
Seeing a monk begging alms, he took out a cash and said:
-Can you tell me how to appreciate alms?
The monk had nothing to say.
P'ang layman said:
-Ask me and I will tell you.
The monk asked:
-What is it to appreciate alms?
P'ang layman replied:
-Man seldom hears it.
Then he asked the monk:
-Do you understand?
The monk said:
-I do not understand.
P'ang layman asked:
-Who is the one who does not understand?

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