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It is easy to be a monk who keeps nothing beyond what he needs and who needs nothing beyond a robe, a girdle, a bowl, sandals, and food. It is a complex and harder problem to be what I am--a mixture of several types, including a kind of monk, amalgamated into one.

-- Notebooks Category 12: Reflections > Chapter 6 : The Profane and The Profound > # 39