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Disciples and devotees…what are most of them doing? Worshipping the teapot instead of drinking the tea!

Wei Wu Wei

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Wei Wu Wei
Born: 1895
Born: September 14
Philosopher
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Suffolk
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Terence James Stannus Gray
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