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Following the Noble Path is like entering a dark room with a light in the hand; the darkness will all be cleared away, and the room will be filled with light.

— Buddha

Faithful painterly brass oil lamp set inside a low ceramic alcove, indigo and amber
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The quotation compares following the Noble Path with bringing light into a dark room. Darkness gives way to a space filled with light. That image presents spiritual guidance as a way to see more clearly, using a familiar physical contrast.

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