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    3. 本来無一物

    本来無一物

    本ほん来らい無む一いち物もつ

    all things are essentially nothingness

    NTNounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab33 strokes

    ほんらいむいちもつ

    Noun

    1.
    all things are essentially nothingness, all things come from nothingness, originally, there was nothing, Zen reminder to free oneself from attachments
    Buddhism

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    Kanji that make up this word

    本
    もと…(3)
    book・present・main・origin・true…(2)
    来
    く.る・きた.る・きた.す・き.たす・き.たる・き…(7)
    come・due・next・cause・become
    無
    な.い…(2)
    nothingness・none・ain't・nothing・nil…(1)
    一
    ひと-・ひと.つ…(13)
    one・one radical (no.1)
    物
    もの・もの-…(2)
    thing・object・matter
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