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  "text": "The disciples were absorbed in a discussion of Lao-tzu's dictum: Those who know do not say; Those who say do not know.\n\nWhen the master entered, they asked him what the words meant.\n\nSaid the master, \"Which of you knows the fragrance of a rose?\"\n\nAll of them indicated that they knew.\n\nThen he said, \"put it into words.\"\n\nAll of them were silent.",
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      "text": "The Master insisted that what he taught was nothing, what he did was nothing.\n\nHis disciples gradually discovered that Wisdom comes to those who learn nothing, unlearn everything.\n\nThat transformation is the consequence not of something done, but of something dropped.",
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