“As a practitioner, you can create holiness. Holiness cannot be bestowed on us by someone else. ... We are a saint when we can produce holiness.”
Quote by Thich Nhat Hanh
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Enjoying the Ultimate: Commentary on the Nirvana Chapter of the Chinese Dharmapada
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