A. Asking this question is also a kind of thought. Where is it from? To keep questioning this is no other than Zen meditation and is a good gate to enlightenment.
In Buddhism the true-Self is the root of everything, including thoughts. To realise what the true-Self is through experience in person is referred to as enlightenment, the aim of Buddhism.
Student: “Where do thoughts come from?”
Master: “Pardon?”
Student: “Where do thoughts come from?”
Master: “Don’t say that I didn’t answer your question.”
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