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> [“The buddha-dharma does not invite us to dabble in abstract notions. Rather, the task it presents us with is to attend to what we actually experience, right in this moment. You don't have to look "over there." You don't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/the-buddha-dharma-does-not-invite-us-to-dabble-in-abstract-notions/)

[Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/)

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## More by Steve Hagen

> [Socrates pointed out that we carry on as though death were the greatest of all calamities-yet, for all we know, it might be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/socrates-pointed-out-that-we-carry-on-as-though-death-were-the/)

[Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/)

> [“Buddhism is not a belief system. It’s not about accepting certain tenets or believing a set of claims or principles. In fact, it’s quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/buddhism-is-not-a-belief-system-it-s-not-about-accepting-certain/)

[Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/)

> [And here we are with our improved human world that we've spent a great deal of time and energy working on. We've improved the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/and-here-we-are-with-our-improved-human-world-that-we-ve-spent-a/)

[Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/)

> [“Normally, a view of the world is nothing more than a set of beliefs, a way to freeze the world in our minds. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/normally-a-view-of-the-world-is-nothing-more-than-a-set-of-beliefs-a/)

[Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/)

> [“This will never come again”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/this-will-never-come-again/)

[Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/)

> [What makes human life--which is inseparable from this moment--so precious is its fleeting nature. And not that it doesn't last but that it never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/what-makes-human-life-which-is-inseparable-from-this-moment-so/)

[Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/)

> [“One day, soon after the Buddha’s enlightenment, a man saw the Buddha walking toward him. The man had not heard of the Buddha, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/one-day-soon-after-the-buddha-s-enlightenment-a-man-saw-the-buddha/)

[Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/)

> [True freedom doesn't lie in the maximization of choice, but, ironically, is most easily found in a life where there is little choice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/true-freedom-doesn-t-lie-in-the-maximization-of-choice-but-ironically/)

[Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/)

> [“See confusion as confusion. Acknowledge suffering as suffering. Feel pain and sorrow and divisiveness. Experience anger or fear or shock for what they are.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/see-confusion-as-confusion-acknowledge-suffering-as-suffering-feel/)

[Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/)

> [“If you point out the moon to a cat, she probably won’t look at the sky; she’ll come up and sniff your finger.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/if-you-point-out-the-moon-to-a-cat-she-probably-won-t-look-at-the-sky/)

[Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/)

> [“The buddha-dharma does not invite us to dabble in abstract notions. Rather, the task it presents us with is to attend to what we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/the-buddha-dharma-does-not-invite-us-to-dabble-in-abstract-notions/)

[Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/)

> [Nothing holds us back but our thoughts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/nothing-holds-us-back-but-our-thoughts/)

[Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/)

> [“As we live out of such a mind, we become generous, with no sense of tolerance. We become patient, with no sense of putting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/as-we-live-out-of-such-a-mind-we-become-generous-with-no-sense-of/)

[Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/)

> [Whatever the world dishes up, we take it on--not on our own terms, but on the world's.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/whatever-the-world-dishes-up-we-take-it-on-not-on-our-own-terms-but/)

[Steve Hagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-hagen/)

> [“The Buddha encouraged people to "know for yourselves that certain things are unwholesome and wrong. And when you do, then give them up. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-hagen/the-buddha-encouraged-people-to-know-for-yourselves-that-certain/)

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