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“We're never called on to do what hurts. We just do what hurts out of ignorance and habit. Once we see what we're doing, we can stop.”
― Buddhism Plain & Simple: The Practice of Being Aware, Right Now, Every Day
― Buddhism Plain & Simple: The Practice of Being Aware, Right Now, Every Day
“Normally, a view of the world is nothing more than a set of beliefs, a way to freeze the world in our minds. But this can never match Reality, simply because the world isn’t frozen. Nevertheless we carry on as though the way we’ve frozen it in our minds is the way it actually is.”
― Buddhism Plain and Simple: The Practice of Being Aware Right Now, Every Day
― Buddhism Plain and Simple: The Practice of Being Aware Right Now, Every Day
“What makes human life--which is inseparable from this moment--so precious is its fleeting nature. And not that it doesn't last but that it never returns again.”
― Buddhism Is Not What You Think: Finding Freedom Beyond Beliefs – A Clear, Engaging Zen Guide for Spiritual Inquiry and Practice
― Buddhism Is Not What You Think: Finding Freedom Beyond Beliefs – A Clear, Engaging Zen Guide for Spiritual Inquiry and Practice
“When we latch on to an identity, it is easy to take offense. But we offend ourselves. We lock ourselves into very rigid ways of seeing and thinking and feeling and reacting. It doesn’t have to be this way. The fact is, I’m not anything in particular. Nor are you. Nor is anyone.”
― Buddhism Plain & Simple: The Practice of Being Aware, Right Now, Every Day
― Buddhism Plain & Simple: The Practice of Being Aware, Right Now, Every Day
“The Buddha encouraged people to "know for yourselves that certain things are unwholesome and wrong. And when you do, then give them up. And when you know for yourselves that certain things are wholesome and good, then accept them and follow them."
The message is always to examine and see for yourself. When you see for yourself what is true-and that's really the only way that you can genuinely know anything-then embrace it. Until then, just suspend judgment and criticism.”
― Buddhism Plain & Simple: The Practice of Being Aware, Right Now, Every Day
The message is always to examine and see for yourself. When you see for yourself what is true-and that's really the only way that you can genuinely know anything-then embrace it. Until then, just suspend judgment and criticism.”
― Buddhism Plain & Simple: The Practice of Being Aware, Right Now, Every Day
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