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“Having a calling or meaningful and fulfilling purpose in life does not necessarily mean being drawn to a certain kind of job, task, or professional mission. Many people are compelled instead to commit themselves to a particular set of values - ones that they infuse into every aspect of their life, regardless of the various roles they play or situations they address as they go through their daily lives.”
― Lama Surya Das

“You don’t need to see different things, but rather to see things differently.”
― Lama Surya Das, Awakening the Buddha Within: Eight Steps to Enlightenment

“Seekers inevitably want to get a better handle on life; we want to figure things out. We know intuitively that the events of our lives are not always arbitrary. We feel connected, however intangibly. We know that it is in our higher self-interest to unravel the mysteries in our own lives. There must be a higher purpose and greater meaning. As we become more and more spiritually evolved, we become more determined to find wisdom and reach a deeper understanding of our lives and our paths.”
― Lama Surya Das, Letting Go of the Person You Used to Be: Lessons on Change, Loss, and Spiritual Transformation

“pleasure and pain arise from virtuous and non-virtuous actions which come not from outside, but from within yourself.”
― Lama Surya Das, The Big Questions: How to Find Your Own Answers to Life's Essential Mysteries