"This is a figure of speech. Thoughts are
not like a jack-in-the-box which you can
stuff back into your mind. What is meant
is to cease interrogating the thought
and let it dissolve."

"When a wave rises and falls, has the
ocean basically changed? Does a cloud
affect the sky?"

The Mahamudra
Eliminating the Ignorance of Darkness
by the Ninth Karmapa Wangchug Dorje
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