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In this way and that,
I have tried
To save the old pail,
Since the bamboo strip
Was weakening
And about to break.
Until at last the bottom fell out.
No more water in the pail!
No more moon in the water!
—Enlightenment, Chiyono
(tr. Paul Reps and Nyogen Zenzaki
)
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