It is like a lighted torch whose flame can be distributed to ever so many other torches which people may bring along; and therewith they will cook food and dispel darkness, while the original torch itself remains burning ever the same. It is even so with the bliss of the Way.

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"Each morning, we are born again. What we do today is what matters most."

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"Learn this from water: loud splashes the brook but the oceans depth are calm."

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