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If we actually touch fire, we will certainly be burned, but if we merely say the word fire without actually touching it, we won’t be burned. Likewise, if we only think of the word fire, our heads will not be set ablaze. Therefore, the definition of fire, whose nature is to burn all things, cannot itself be the reality of it. Fire exists apart from its definition.
Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice
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