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Wumen said: "If you can comprehend this directly, wearing Buddha's clothes, eating Buddha's food, speaking Buddha's words, and practicing Buddha's conduct—that is the Buddha. Although this is so, Damei led so many people to mistake the fixed mark on the steelyard! How could they know that if one utters the word 'Buddha', one must rinse one's mouth for three days? If he were a fellow [of true mettle], hearing it said that mind itself is Buddha, he would cover his ears and run away."