No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners: Clear Answers to Burning Questions About Core Buddhist Teachings
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As long as you think there is a gate, you will not be able to enter the awakened state. You enter it by realizing there is no gate; you’ve been in that awakened state all along. You arrive there by realizing there is no “there” there.
“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Dune
― Dune
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