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You cannot describe it or draw it. You cannot praise it enough or perceive it. No place can be found in which to put the Original Face it will not disappear even when the universe is destroyed.

Wumen Huikai

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Wumen Huikai
Age: 77 †
Born: 1183
Born: January 1
Died: 1260
Died: January 1
Bhikkhu
Bhikkhuni
Hangzhou Municipality
Mumon Ekai
Shi Huikai
Wumen
Foyan
Cannot
Spirituality
Enough
Draws
Describe
Even
Praise
Perceive
Face
Originals
Faces
Original
Universe
Draw
Found
Disappear
Place
Destroyed

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