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Just
as the word chariot is merely a means of expressing how axle, body,
wheel, and poles are brought together in a certain relationship, but
when we look at each of them one by one there is no chariot in an
absolute sense; and just as the word house is a way of expressing how
wood and other materials stand in relationship to each other in a
certain space, but in the absolute sense there is no house; and just as
the word fist is an expression for the finger and thumb in relationship,
and tree for trunk, branches, leaves, and so on, but in an absolute
sense there is no fist or tree--in exactly the same way the words living
entity and person are but ways of expressing the relationship of body,
feeling, and consciousness, but when we come to examine the elements of
being, one by one, we find there is no entity there. In the absolute
sense there is only name and form and the mystery which they express.
Such ideas as "I" and "I am" are not absolute.
- Visuddhi Magga
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