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In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon (The Teachings of the Buddha)
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The teaching begins by calling upon us to develop a faculty called yoniso manasikāra, careful attention. The Buddha asks us to stop drifting thoughtlessly through our lives and instead to pay careful attention to simple truths that are
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“Then they set out along the blacktop in the gunmetal light, shuffling through the ash, each the other's world entire.”
― The Road
― The Road
“It is only when you meet someone of a different culture from yourself that you begin to realise what your own beliefs really are.”
― The Road to Wigan Pier
― The Road to Wigan Pier
“As he caught his footing, his head fell back, and the Milky Way flowed down inside him with a roar.”
― Snow Country
― Snow Country
“A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.”
― The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
― The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
“Sometimes I see something so moving I know I’m not supposed to linger. See it and leave. If you stay too long, you wear out the wordless shock. Love it and trust it and leave.”
― Underworld
― Underworld
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