Joshu Asked The Teacher Nansen, "What Is The True Way?

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Joshu asked the teacher Nansen, "What is the True Way?"

Nansen answered, "Every way is the true Way."

Joshu asked, "Can I study it?"

Nansen answered, "The more you study, the further from the Way."

Joshu asked, "If I don't study it, how can I know it?"

Nansen answered, "The Way does not belong to things seen: nor to things
unseen. It does not belong to things known: nor to things unknown. Do not
seek it, study it, or name it. To find yourself on it, open yourself as
wide as the sky."

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