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Mothers of The Buddha
… The couple shared their marital woes with Thay, typical troubles for those who are privileged. I listened rather dismayed, thinking that this was maybe not such a good use of Thich Nhat Hanh’s time. When they asked him what they should do, Thay paused for a rather long time. I wondered: “What was he thinking?” Then he said one simple and mad sentence: “Go to India and work in a leper colony.” I gasped inwardly. Good advice, I thought. Very good. Who would have thought up this one, I silently asked myself? The best prescription for ending marital dissension I had ever heard.
— Joan Halifax
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Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
— Toni Morrison
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As man continues to grow in his recognition of what is within himself, he will increasingly realize that the creative source of his world is indeed in his own consciousness.
— David Spangler:
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“We are all mothers of the Buddha because we are all pregnant with the potential for awakening.”
— Thich Nhat Hanh
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Your soul is not hiding from you.
You have traded it for something that does not satisfy your deepest hunger.
