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The Illusion of Authorship

At a certain point along the path, the question of method gives way to a more subtle inquiry: Who is it that employs the method? As long as this question remains unexamined, even the most refined understanding of skillful means retains a hidden center. Compassion appears to have an owner. Expression appears to have a source in an individual mind. The teaching appears to move from one separate being to another. Yet the deeper the recognition of the Unborn becomes, the more this structure is seen to be a conceptual overlay upon a reality that has never been divided in this way. read more

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