“What a nuisance is the friend who must have this and that, whose likes and hates are infinite, with bitter and loud voiced complaint about the whole of circumstance? How pleasant are the truly great who, wanting nothing, are content with anything. Accepting all things in a world of illusion as born of cause-effect they live in a mind above the opposites, and we call them great because they do so.” BuddhismIllusionOppositesCause Effect Book:The Buddhist way of life Source: The Buddhist way of life
“The fear of death is the fear of the end of an illusion; so long as the illusion persists so long will the fear remain.” LongEndsIllusionPersistFear Of Death Book:An Invitation to the Buddhist Way of Life for Western Readers Source: An Invitation to the Buddhist Way of Life for Western Readers
“As we increasingly become aware of the One Life breathing in each brother form of life, we learn the meaning of compassion, which literally means to 'suffer with' ... How does [the] self cause the desire which causes suffering?...by the illusion of separateness, the unawareness of One.” LifeMeanDoeSelfFormDesireSufferingCausesCompassionLearningBrotherIllusionEqualityBreathingSeparatenessUnawareness Author:Christmas Humphreys
“Life is one, said the Buddha, and the Middle Way to the end of suffering in all its forms is that which leads to the end of the illusion of separation, which enables man to see, as a fact as clear as sunlight, that all mankind, and all other forms in manifestation, are one unit, the infinitely variable appearance of an indivisible Whole.” MenWayLifeSaidEndsWholeFactsFormLife IsSufferingClearMiddleMankindIllusionEqualityAppearanceWhole LifeSeparationManifestationSunlightUnitsVariablesIndivisibleMiddle Way Book:An Invitation to the Buddhist Way of Life for Western Readers Source: An Invitation to the Buddhist Way of Life for Western Readers
