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“Anything to which our ego attaches is a barrier to enlightenment, and egos can attach to anything. Even the Buddha’s teachings, if practiced fanatically, can be turned into something for the ego to cling to. Other religions are to be respected, not opposed, to avoid falling into the trap of thinking one’s own path superior.”

“We tend to think that scriptures must come with some sort of divine authority to be believed without question. Buddhists would argue that what is written in scriptures should stand or fall on its own merit.”

Pretty language

"At the moment you begin taking a step you have arrived" "Process and goal are not two"

"Learn the backward step that turns your light inwardly to illuminate your self"

The city Kyoto used to be called Heian-kyo, or "capital of tranquility and peace." Too bad it's where Phoebe Bridgers sets her daddy issues in that one song.