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External world (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Mind seen as multiplicity, sprung from discrimination and habit-energy; body, property and home are nothing but Mind.

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Nirvana (n.) exists ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠only where Samsara is, and Samsara only where Nirvana is, since existence is not made of mutually exclusive things.

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Non-duality (n.) means ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠that light and shade, long and short, nirvana and samsara are not independent: there is no nirvana except where there is samsara.

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Samsara (n.) and ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠nirvana cannot be pulled apart; those who flee birth-and-death toward nirvana imagine it as the future annihilation of the senses.

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Turning about (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the deepest seat of consciousness is the moment the silkworm's cocoon opens and it goes forth winged as a moth.