"The foolish reject what they see and not what they think; the wise reject what they think and not what they see."
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As quoted in Visions from Earth (2004) by James R. Miller, p. 17
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Huangbo Xiyun
Huangbo Xiyun (Simplified Chinese: 黄檗希运; Traditional Chinese: 黄檗希運; pinyin: Huángbò Xīyùn; Wade-Giles: 'Huang-po Hsi-yün') (died 850) was an influential Chinese master of Chan Buddhism. He was born in Fujian, China in Tang Dynasty. Later he became a monk in Huangbo Shan (lit. Huangbo Mountain), after which he was named.
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