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Aphorisms are thoughts one might have ... expressed ... by someone recognizably wiser than oneself. Marlene Dietrich		Friday Oct 16, 2026
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The koans do not represent the private opinion of a single man, but rather the highest principle ... that accords with the spiritual source, tallies with the mysterious meaning, destroys birth-and-death, and transcends the passions. It cannot be understood by logic; it cannot be transmitted in words; it cannot be explained in writing; it cannot be measured by reason. It is like ... a great fire that consumes all who come near it.

Chung-feng Ming-pen

Quote Author: Chung-feng Ming-pen

	Chung-feng Ming-pen
	(1263-1323) A Zen teaching, quoted in Miura and Sasaki 1966:5.

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The koans do not represent the private opinion of a single man, but rather the highest principle ... that accords with the spiritual source, tallies with the mysterious meaning, destroys birth-and-death, and transcends the passions. It cannot be understood by logic; it cannot be transmitted in words; it cannot be explained in writing; it cannot be measured by reason. It is like ... a great fire that consumes all who come near it.