Even to be attached to the idea of enlightenment is to go astray.

Jianzhi Sengcan

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Topic

Seeking enlightenment Seeking Enlightenment Attachment (Buddhism)

Author

Jianzhi Sengcan

Source

Verses on the Faith Mind (Xinxin Ming)

Genre

Philosophical literature Religious literature

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

Chinese

Time

606 600s 7th century

Occupation

Buddhist

From

China Asia

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Original Citation

Seng Ts'an. Xinxin Ming. c. 600.

Current Citation

Seng Ts'an. Hsin-Hsin Ming: Verses on the Faith-Mind, translated by Richard B. Clarke. White Pine Press, 2001.

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The policy of letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is designed to promote the flourishing of the arts and the progress of science; it is designed to enable a socialist culture to thrive in our land.

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Topic
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Language
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Time
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This is hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver.

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Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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Topic
Generosity Nature of love

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

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Current Citation

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