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“My father said sometimes freedom is more important than total safety,” said Tuya.
“I agree with that,” said Annie. “I just wish there weren’t any wolves in the reserve.”
“Yes, but my father says the wolves are important to the natural order,” said Tuya. “They help keep everything in balance.”
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“I agree with that,” said Annie. “I just wish there weren’t any wolves in the reserve.”
“Yes, but my father says the wolves are important to the natural order,” said Tuya. “They help keep everything in balance.”
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“It is related that Sakyamuni [the historical Buddha] once dismissed as of small consequence a feat of levitation on the part of a disciple, and cried out in pity for a yogin by the river who had spent twenty years of his human existence learning to walk on water, when the ferryman might have taken him across for a small coin.”
― The Snow Leopard
― The Snow Leopard
“Since everything is but an apparition, having nothing to do with good or bad, acceptance or rejection, one may well burst out in laughter.”
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“Indicating his twisted legs without a trace of self-pity or bitterness, as if they belonged to all of us, he casts his arms wide to the sky and the snow mountains, the high sun and dancing sheep, and cries, ’Of course I am happy here! It’s wonderful! Especially when I have no choice!’ In its wholehearted acceptance of what is;I feel as if he had struck me in the chest. Butter tea and wind pictures, the Crystal Mountain, and blue sheep dancing on the snow-it’s quite enough!
Have you seen the snow leopard?
No! Isn’t that wonderful?”
― The Snow Leopard
Have you seen the snow leopard?
No! Isn’t that wonderful?”
― The Snow Leopard
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