“The more real you get the more unreal the world gets.”
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
“This world
A fading
Mountain echo
Void and
Unreal”
— Ryōkan
Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf : Zen Poems of Ryokan (1993)
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A fading
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