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1. We all suffer in similar ways.
2. We can know the cause of suffering.
3. It is possible to cease our suffering.
4. We can find the way to cease suffering.
(Yes, this is essentially Buddhism's Four Noble Truths.)
5. Wisdom isn't linear, it's cyclical.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 03-22-2008 at 09:00 AM..
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