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“When we achieve the fulfillment of Buddhism, there is no Buddha, no temple, no gong, no bell. Because the whole world is the sound of the bell. And the image of Buddha is everything you can look at. So a Zen master was asked, mountains and hills, are they not all forms of the body of Buddha? The master replied, yes they are, but it's a pity to say so.”

— Alan Watts, Religion of No Religion