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Acharya Prashant

May 13, 2020

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Is the world real, unreal, both or neither? — Acharya Prashant on Zen Koan

Following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant.

THE SHORT STAFF

Shuzan held out his short staff and said,

“If you call this short staff, you oppose its reality.”

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