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In us, there is a river of feelings, in which every drop of water is a different feeling, and each feeling relies on all the others for its existence. To observe it, we just sit on the bank of the river and identify each feeling as it surfaces, flows by, and disappears.
In us, there is a river of feelings, in which every drop of water is a different feeling, and each feeling relies on all the others for its existence. To observe it, we just sit on the bank of the river and identify each feeling as it surfaces, flows by, and disappears.
Approximate author period: c. 1974 AD · modern
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- Thich Nhat Hanh
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- Approximate author period: c. 1974 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Thích Nhất Hạnh: life dates 1926 to 2022. Wikidata Q310913, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310913 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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