But at some point, all of our concepts and ideas must yield to our actual experience. Words and ideas are only useful if they are put into practice. When we stop discussing things and begin to realize the teachings in our own life, a moment comes when we realize that our life is the path, and we no longer rely merely on the forms of practice. Our action becomes “non-action,” and our practice becomes “non-practice.” The boundary has been crossed, and our practice cannot be set back. We do not have to transcend the “world of dust” (saha) in order to go to some dust-free world called nirvana.
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