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Chop wood, carry water: why?

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A very famous, so famous it may be apocryphal, zen quote says: > Before Enlightenment chop wood carry water, after Enlightenment, chop > wood carry water. What does this mean? Specifically, is the discourse saying that time without effort is wasted time?
Asked by user2512
Sep 13, 2016, 11:01 PM
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