The Tree Unaware of its State

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A man cut down a tree one day.

A Sage who saw this taking place said:

'Look at this fresh branch which is full of sap, happy because it does not yet know that it has been cut off.

'Ignorant of the damage which it has suffered it may be but it will know in due time.'

'Meanwhile you cannot reason with it.'

This severance, this ignorance, these are the state of man.

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