“When a builder builds he clears the ground for his new foundations. Then he sees that the basic structure will support the whole. Should we not also clear the mind - at least that part of it that we can reach - of the ruins of past thinking, before building our palace of dharma which will one day reach the sky.” ThinkingShouldMindWholePastSupportClearSkyBuildingOne DayFoundationStructureRuinsPalacesDharmaBuilder 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