“The Buddha compared anger with picking up hot coals with one's bare hands and trying to throw them at the person with whom one is angry. Who gets burned first? The one who is angry of course.” TryingFirstsPersonsHandsCoursesHotAngryBurnedCoal Book:Being Nobody, Going Nowhere: The Foundation of Buddhist Thought: Source: Being Nobody, Going Nowhere: The Foundation of Buddhist Thought:
“Trying to achieve something in the spiritual world is just as foolish as trying to achieve something in the material world. There's nothing to achieve. There's only letting go. As we let go, more and more, of ego identifications, desires, and support systems, bliss will arise.” WorldTryingSpiritualDesireSupportAchieveMaterialsLetting GoEgoFoolishAriseBlissIdentificationMaterial WorldSupport Systems Author:Ayya Khema