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Subhuti
asked: "Is perfect wisdom beyond thinking? Is it unimaginable and
totally unique but nevertheless reaching the unreachable and attaining
the unattainable?"
The Buddha replied: "Yes, Subhuti, it is exactly so. And why is perfect
wisdom beyond thinking? It is because all its points of reference cannot
be thought about but can be apprehended. One is the disappearance of
the self-conscious person into pure presence. Another is the knowing of
the essenceless essence of all things in the world. And another is
luminous knowledge that knows without a knower. None of these points can
sustain ordinary thought because they are not objects or subjects. They
can't be imagined or touched or approached in any way by any ordinary
mode of consciousness, therefore they are beyond thinking."
- Prajnaparamita
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