A. Don’t try in vain to abandon one and attain the other. It’s like trying to discard the left and attain only the right. In fact, both are one when you know them. They only look separate and different from each other when you don’t know them. Try to realise what the ignorance is that you think you have, rather than striving to attain the wisdom you think you don’t have. Wisdom is none other than to know what ignorance is. Becoming Buddha is realising what a sentient being is.
Student: “What shall I do when I have a thief in my house?”
Master: “Once you know him, he is not an enemy any longer.”
©Boo Ahm
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Zen Fools 
Recognise your discriminating mind and the illusions it creates.
Realise it’s true nature.
It’s root.
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