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title: ▍Maybe You’re Already There
created: 2026-06-23
modified: 2026-06-23
category: Parable
tags: []
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> Nearing the end of a long journey, a young Buddhist comes to the banks of a deep, wide river. He doesn’t know how to cross it and begins to ponder the challenge.
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> After several hours, he sees a Zen master on the other side of the river and calls out to him:
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> “Oh wise one, can you tell me how to cross this river and get to the other side?”
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> The Zen master thinks for a few moments and then replies:
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> “My son, you are on the other side.”