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Not Deceived by Words
Traditional Zen Sayings
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Baiyun said: "The ancients used words to dispel delusion, the way a physician prescribes medicine according to the illness. If you take the words of the ancients to be the truth itself, you are like a man who swallows the prescription instead of taking the medicine. Once the illness is cured, throw away the remedy. Do not let the teachings become a new disease."
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From Traditional Zen Sayings
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Traditional Zen Sayings: Not Deceived by Words