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A monk asked Ts’ui-wei, “For what reason did the First Patriarch come from the West?” Ts’ui-wei answered, “Pass me that chin-rest.” As soon as the monk passed it, Ts’ui-wei hit him with it.20

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Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was an English philosopher, writer, speaker, and expert in comparative religion.

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