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“When I was walking in the mountains with the Japanese man and began to hear the water, he said, 'What is the sound of the waterfall?' 'Silence,' he finally told me.” quote by Jack Gilbert — Download Open image

“When I was walking in the mountains with the Japanese man and began to hear the water, he said, 'What is the sound of the waterfall?' 'Silence,' he finally told me.”

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Japanese Koan Men Mountain Said Silence Sound Walking Water Waterfall Waterfalls

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