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by the 13th century

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. ''Shinjin gakudō'' appears in both the 75 and 60 fascicle versions of the

as the fourth book, and it is ordered 37th in the later chronological 95 fascicle ''Honzan'' editions. The book explains how truth can be obtained not with the mind alone, but rather with the body and mind together working through action. He further explains that action necessarily requires both the body and mind and that there is thus a oneness in action.

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