Joshu asked the teacher Nansen, "What is the True Way?" Nansen answered,

Joshu asked the teacher Nansen, "What is the True Way?"

Nansen answered, "Every way is the true Way."

Joshu asked, "Can I study it?"

Nansen answered, "The more you study, the further from the Way."

Joshu asked, "If I don't study it, how can I know it?"

Nansen answered, "The Way does not belong to things seen: nor to things
unseen. It does not belong to things known: nor to things unknown. Do not
seek it, study it, or name it. To find yourself on it, open yourself as
wide as the sky."

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