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Poverty (MK71)

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KOAN:

Don’t light a lamp; there’s no oil in the house.
It’s a shame to want a light.
I have a way to bless your poverty:
Just feel your way along the wall.

—PZI Miscellaneous Koans, Case 71 (Yinyuan Longqi)