"Since you're a Buddha all the time, there's no other special Buddhahood for you to realize. Rather than trying to 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 a Buddha, nothing could be simpler than taking the shortcut 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 a Buddha!"
— Bankei
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If only it were a purely (or even remotely) intellectual exercise.
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