Saying It is too wonderous to be believed ...

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ZenMusic
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Saying It is too wonderous to be believed ...

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Many years ago I read a saying .... can you help me find it....

it goes roughly like this ..


IT is too wonderous to be believed ..

IT is too simple to be understood ...

IT is too near to be seen ....

This is just a vague recollection ...
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Matt J
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Re: Saying It is too wonderous to be believed ...

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Depends on the translation. I've heard it as the "four flaws" or "four faults" of Mahamudra:

So close you can't see it

So deep you can't fathom it

So simple you can't believe it

So good you can't accept it

https://www.naturalawareness.net/mahamudra

Khenpo Karl elaborates:

https://nalandabodhi.org/2020/06/29/four-reasons/
"The world is made of stories, not atoms."
--- Muriel Rukeyser
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