"The root-word "buddha" means to wake up, to know, to understand; and he or she who wakes up and understands is call a Buddha. It is as simple as that. The capacity to wake up, to understand, and to love is called Buddha nature."

-- Nhat Hanh

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“Seek and you shall find the repulsive things you secretly hope to find.”

Source : Elfriede Jelinek (2010). “The Piano Teacher”, p.69, Profile Books
“One day, you're 11 games, 12 games out, and the next day you're in first!”
“Can one serve God and one's nation in parliament?”
“Friendship with the wise gets better with time, as a good book gets better with age.”
“There is for me powerful evidence that there is something going on behind it all. . . It seems as though somebody has fine tuned nature's numbers to make the Universe. . . The impression of design is overwhelming.”
“A lot of things in 'Parents' I find very truthful.”
“I believe the teacher's work is largely negative, that it is largely a matter of saying, "This doesn't work because ..." or "This does work because ..." The because is very important. The teacher can help you understand the nature of your medium, and he can guide you in your reading.”
“The world is a wonderfully weird place, consensual reality is significantly flawed, no institution can be trusted, certainty is a mirage, security a delusion, and the tyranny of the dull mind forever threatens -- but our lives are not as limited as we think they are, all things are possible, laughter is holier than piety, freedom is sweeter than fame, and in the end it's love and love alone that really matters.”

Source : "Gracie goes to schooner school" by Tom Robbins, www.seattlepi.com. May 24, 2007.

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