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“With understanding and compassion, you will be able to heal the wounds in your heart, and the wounds in the world.”
― The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
― The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
“To make hell into paradise, we only need to change the mind on which it is based.
[...] With your deluded mind, you make hell for yourself. With your true mind, you make paradise.”
― The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
[...] With your deluded mind, you make hell for yourself. With your true mind, you make paradise.”
― The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
“There are two ways to wash the dishes. The first is to wash the dishes in order to have clean dishes and the second is to wash the dishes to wash the dishes.”
― The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
― The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
“We have come to take the dysfunctional aspect of ourselves for granted without realizing that it is possible to free ourselves from the vicious circle that is exhausting us.”
― The Art of Meditation
― The Art of Meditation
“There is indeed an element of relaxation in meditation, but it is connected with the relief that comes from letting go of hopes and fears, of attachments and the whims of the ego that never stop feeding our inner conflicts.”
― Why Meditate?: Working with Thoughts and Emotions
― Why Meditate?: Working with Thoughts and Emotions
Pre-Tolkien Fantasy
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