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Christmas Humphreys
Christmas Humphreys

Christmas Humphreys, a British barrister, Buddhist, and writer, was born on February 15, 1901, and passed away on April 13, 1983. He is renowned for his contributions to the promotion of Buddhism and legal reform. more

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“I must only warn you of one thing. You have become a different person in the course of these years. For this is what the art of archery means: a profound and far-reaching contest of the archer with himself. Perhaps you have hardly noticed it yet, but you will feel it very strongly when you meet your friends and acquaintances again in your own country: things will no longer harmonize as before. You will see with other eyes and measure with other measures. It has happened to me too, and it happens to all who are touched by the spirit of this art.”

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Author:Eugen Herrigel
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“The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the less you will succeed in the one and the further the other will recede. What stands in your way is that you have a much too willful will. You think that what you do not do yourself does not happen.”

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