According to Buddha
I would say that the thrust of my life has been initially about getting free, and then realizing that my freedom is not independent of everybody else. Then I am arriving at that circle where one works on oneself as a gift to other people so that one doesn’t create more suffering.
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walking a day or so ago in White Rock, BC ~ June 2021
According to Buddha
The end is another beginning.
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blue stairs a few weeks or months ago ~ Granville Island Public Market ~ Vancouver BC~ May 2021
According to Buddha
Do you know what you are?
You are a manuscript of a divine letter.
You are a mirror reflecting a noble face.
This universe is not outside of you.
Look inside yourself;
everything that you want,
you are already that.
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a day or so ago at John Walter’s 1875 house ~ Etown ~ Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ May 2021
According to Buddha
Whenever they rebuild an old building, they must first of all destroy the old one.
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a day or so ago Legislature Annex building + Legislative Assembly of Alberta ~
According to Buddha
How do we know who we are? We might be one breath away from enlightenment or death or who knows? The uncertainty is great. It keeps it wide open.
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a day or so ago ~ old grain elevator ~ Shonts, Alberta ~ March 2021
According to Buddha
The shadow is the greatest teacher for how to come to the light.
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a day ago downtown Etown ~ Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ March 2021
According to Buddha
The outer world is a projection of our mind. If we look through rose-colored glasses, the world is beautiful. If we look through black glasses, it is horrible. We will have fear if the anger, resentment, and disturbances inside us have not been worked out. The best way to get rid of fear is to very consciously wish all beings everything good every day, as often and deeply as possible. There is no fear that will not disappear then; the blockages that one cannot bear will fall away. Good wishes for others are the strongest antidote.
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a walk along 111ave ~ a day or so ago ~ Edmonton ~ Amiskwaciwâskahikan ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ~ February 2021
According to Buddha
Only the wise know just where predestination ends and free will begins. Meanwhile, you must keep on doing your best, according to your own clearest understanding. You must long for freedom as the drowning human longs for air.
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air quality throughout Strathcona County ~ a day ago ~ Fort Saskatchewan, AB ~ February 2021
According to Buddha
I believe the purpose of all the major religious traditions is not to construct big temples on the outside, but to create temples of goodness and compassion inside, in our hearts.
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Villages of Warburg and Thorsby – a day or so ago ~ Leduc County ~ January 2021
