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The Way Things Are Is Not Necessary
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The exercise of imagination is dangerous to those who profit from the way things are because it has power to show that the way things are is not permanent, not universal, not necessary.
~ Ursula K. LeGuin
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…You are Buddha. He is Buddha. She is Buddha.
Everyone is Buddha. All sentient beings are Buddha. God is Buddha. Human is Buddha. Animal is Buddha. Everyone is Buddha — in essence. A spirit is Buddha. Everything, everyone is Buddha.
How can I proof that? Very simple. Nobody likes to suffer. Everybody likes to be happy.
And you can never attain the ultimate happiness until you reach the ultimate destination: Which is absolute fulfilment of your deepest wish — to be free from all aspects of suffering forever and to attain the absolute limitless non-dualistic happiness and joy — eternal. And that is Buddhahood.
Otherwise I will say: Most important three sentence of all living beings. You don’t have to be a Buddhist, if you are a good human being. You don’t have to be Buddhist, if you know everything is illusion.
~ Chamgön Tai Situ Rinpoche
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At times I feel as if I am spread out over the landscape and inside things, and am…
