' Hidden under egoism '...

Wang Yang-ming's disciples often remarked, "The streets are full of enlightened men!"

By this they reiterated their Master's teaching that all men have the possibility of attaining enlightenment because all

have the divine self hidden under their egoism.



-- Notebooks Category 25: World-Mind in Individual Mind > Chapter 1:
Their Meeting and Interchange > # 27 Paul Brunton